Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.  

0842  On March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies  

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.  

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

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

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

1549  Death of Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on March - 20.  

1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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 this day in history frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies  

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)  

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on March - 20.  

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

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  On this day in history death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)  

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on March - 20.  

1871  On this day in history antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56  

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)  

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 March - 20.  

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on March - 20.  

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

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