Famous Deaths In March - 20

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

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.  

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

1239  On this day in history 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 March - 20.  

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45  

1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.  

1531  Death of Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on March - 20.  

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

1568  On March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

1586  On March - 20 death of richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)  

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

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.  

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on this day in history.  

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  On March - 20 death of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)  

1732  On March - 20 death of johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681)  

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

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on March - 20.  

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on March - 20.  

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

1780  Death of Sir Benjamin Truman on March - 20.  

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on March - 20.  

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1812  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 on March - 20.  

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

1848  On March - 20 abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27  

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

1865  On March - 20 death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)  

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 March - 20.  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.  

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

1634  On this day in history birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)  

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.  

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.  

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