Famous Deaths In March - 20

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.  

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.  

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

1531  On this day in history death of sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded  

1549  Death of Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.  

1568  On March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

1586  On March - 20 death of richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)  

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.  

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.  

1673  Death of Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) on this day in history.  

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

1730  Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) on March - 20.  

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

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

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on March - 20.  

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1767  On this day in history firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87  

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  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  On March - 20 death of louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)  

1848  Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on March - 20.  

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  On this day in history rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23  

1871  Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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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  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.  

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

1644  On this day in history 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  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.  

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