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 this day in history.  

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.  

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.  

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies  

1393  On March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed  

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

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.  

1531  On March - 20 death of sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded  

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1549  On this day in history 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  Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on this day in history.  

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on March - 20.  

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

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

1732  Death of Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history 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  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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  On March - 20 ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47  

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 March - 20.  

1865  Death of Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) on March - 20.  

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on March - 20.  

1871  On March - 20 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  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.  

1502  On this day in history 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  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)  

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 this day in history.  

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