Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On March - 20 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 March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies  

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.  

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on this day in history.  

1393  On this day in history death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed  

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  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.  

1531  On March - 20 death of sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded  

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

1568  On this day in history albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

1586  Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on March - 20.  

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

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.  

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

1673  Death of Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) on this day in history.  

1703  On March - 20 johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies  

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

1732  Death of Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) on this day in history.  

1746  Death of Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) on this day in history.  

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

1757  On this day in history johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60  

1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on March - 20.  

1780  On March - 20 death of sir Benjamin Truman  

1793  On March - 20 death of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)  

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

1812  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52  

1835  On this day in history death of louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)  

1848  On this day in history abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27  

1855  Death of Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) on March - 20.  

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

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.  

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  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)  

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.  

1634  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)  

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

1728  On March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist