Famous Deaths Happened In March - 21
Saturday, 31 January 2026
1063 On this day in history death of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland 

1076 On this day in history death of robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) 

1181 On this day in history death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) 

1306 On this day in history death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) 

1487 Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on March - 21. 

1538 On March - 21 hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 

1556 On this day in history death of thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 

1617 On March - 21 death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595) 

1652 On this day in history vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flem historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 55 

1654 Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51 on March - 21. 

1656 Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76 on this day in history. 

1676 Death of Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623) on March - 21. 

1729 John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57 on this day in history. 

1734 On this day in history gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48 

1751 Death of Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706) on this day in history. 

1762 On March - 21 death of nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713) 

1768 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 on this day in history. 

1772 On this day in history death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) 

1793 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history. 

1795 Death of Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (b. 1714) on this day in history. 

1801 On March - 21 andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59 

1804 Death of Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien (executed) (b. 1772) on March - 21. 

1810 Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies on this day in history. 

1843 Death of Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (b. 1786) on this day in history. 

1844 On March - 21 leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 

1850 On this day in history death of miguel Pedrorena, American settler 

1857 On March - 21 abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64 

1863 On this day in history edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 

1881 On this day in history death of samuel Courtauld, American-born textile magnate (b. 1793) 

1884 On this day in history death of ezra Abbot, American bible scholar (b. 1819) 

1894 On March - 21 jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80 

1915 Death of Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (b. 1856) on this day in history. 

1916 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72 on March - 21. 

1920 On this day in history federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37 

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