Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).  

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies  

1191  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies  

1239  On March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies  

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.  

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.  

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1501  On March - 20 jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72  

1531  Death of Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

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1549  On March - 20 death of thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded  

1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on March - 20.  

1586  On this day in history death of richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)  

1617  On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50  

1619  On this day in history matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies  

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.  

1673  On this day in history death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)  

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.  

1730  Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) on March - 20.  

1732  Death of Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) on March - 20.  

1746  On this day in history death of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)  

1751  On March - 20 frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies  

1757  On March - 20 johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60  

1767  On this day in history firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87  

1780  Death of Sir Benjamin Truman on this day in history.  

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on this day in history.  

1804  On this day in history ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47  

1812  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1835  Death of Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794) on March - 20.  

1848  Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on March - 20.  

1855  Death of Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) on this day in history.  

1865  Death of Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) on March - 20.  

1866  On this day in history rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23  

1871  Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 on March - 20.  

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.  

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.  

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)  

1644  On this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.  

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.  

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.