Famous Deaths In March - 20

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

1239  On March - 20 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  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45  

1501  On this day in history jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72  

1531  Death of Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

1549  On this day in history death of thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded  

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 this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50  

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.  

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

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

1703  On March - 20 johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies  

1730  On this day in history death of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)  

1732  On March - 20 death of johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681)  

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

1751  On this day in history frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies  

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

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

1780  On March - 20 death of sir Benjamin Truman  

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 March - 20.  

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  On this day in history death of joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)  

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  Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 on March - 20.  

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.  

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.  

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 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.