Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).  

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.  

1191  On this day in history 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  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies  

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.  

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

1415  On this day in history 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 March - 20.  

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1549  On March - 20 death of thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded  

1568  On this day in history albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

1586  Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on this day in history.  

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  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.  

1730  Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) on this day in history.  

1732  Death of Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) on March - 20.  

1746  On March - 20 death of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)  

1751  On March - 20 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  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on March - 20.  

1780  On this day in history death of sir Benjamin Truman  

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on March - 20.  

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1812  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 on March - 20.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.  

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

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  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)  

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

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