Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20
Friday, 02 January 2026
0687 On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634). 

0842 On March - 20 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 On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 

1501 On March - 20 jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 

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 this day in history. 

1568 On March - 20 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 Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history. 

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 On March - 20 death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) 

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

1730 On March - 20 death of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) 

1732 On this day in history death of johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) 

1746 On this day in history death of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) 

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

1757 On March - 20 johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 

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 this day in history. 

1804 On March - 20 ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 

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

1835 Death of Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794) on this day in history. 

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

1855 On March - 20 death of joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) 

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 March - 20. 

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