Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20
Friday, 30 January 2026
0687 Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history. 

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

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

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 March - 20. 

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 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 Death of Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on March - 20. 

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 this day in history. 

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 Death of Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) on March - 20. 

1703 On this day in history 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 this day in history death of johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) 

1746 Death of Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) on this day in history. 

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 On March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 

1780 Death of Sir Benjamin Truman on this day in history. 

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

1804 On this day in history ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 

1812 On March - 20 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 

1835 Death of Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794) on March - 20. 

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 March - 20. 

1871 On March - 20 antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 

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