Famous Deaths In March - 20

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

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies  

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.  

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 March - 20.  

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

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

1531  On March - 20 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  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on March - 20.  

1586  Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on March - 20.  

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

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1780  On this day in history death of sir Benjamin Truman  

1793  On March - 20 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  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  On March - 20 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 this day in history.  

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

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)  

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)  

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)  

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)  

1680  On March - 20 birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)  

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

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.