Famous Deaths Happened In March - 23

1103  On March - 23 death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on March - 23.   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on March - 23.   

1361  On March - 23 death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  On this day in history death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  On this day in history death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

1555  On this day in history julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

1559  On March - 23 death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)   

1596  On March - 23 death of henry Unton, English diplomat   

1606  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58 on March - 23.   

1618  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48   

1658  Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54   

1680  On March - 23 death of nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)   

1742  Death of Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670) on March - 23.   

1747  On this day in history death of claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)   

1748  On March - 23 johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63   

1754  Death of Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693) on March - 23.   

1756  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57 on March - 23.   

1783  On March - 23 gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67   

1786  Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.   

1801  Death of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1796-1801) is struck with a sword, strangled, and trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle aged 46 on March - 23.   

1806  On this day in history george Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20   

1809  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1816  On March - 23 ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95   

1818  On March - 23 nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42   

1819  August v Kotzebue, writer, dies on March - 23.   

1821  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41   

1842  Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59 on March - 23.   

1862  On this day in history karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81   

1869  Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60 on March - 23.   

1880  On this day in history gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67   

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1429  On this day in history birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  On this day in history birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  On March - 23 birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  On this day in history birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1732  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on March - 23.