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 March - 20.  

1191  On March - 20 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  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.  

1415  On this day in history 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 March - 20 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  On March - 20 matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies  

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

1673  On this day in history death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)  

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  On March - 20 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 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  Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on March - 20.  

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  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.  

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

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.  

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)  

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  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.  

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

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

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