Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20
Friday, 31 October 2025
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 March - 20. 

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

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

1351 On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies 

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 

1549 Death of Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history. 

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

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 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 this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1746 Death of Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) on March - 20. 

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

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

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

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 March - 20. 

1804 On March - 20 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 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 this day in history death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) 

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

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

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