Famous Deaths In March - 20

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

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.  

1351  On March - 20 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  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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)  

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on March - 20.  

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

1646  On March - 20 matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35  

1673  Death of Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) on March - 20.  

1703  On this day in history johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies  

1730  Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) on this day in history.  

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  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 March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87  

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

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 March - 20 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52  

1835  On March - 20 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 this day in history.  

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

1866  On March - 20 rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23  

1871  Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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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 March - 20.  

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

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

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.