Famous Deaths In March - 23

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

1169  On this day in history shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies  

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.  

1361  On this day in history death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)  

1369  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered  

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on March - 23.  

1555  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on March - 23.  

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on March - 23.  

1596  Death of Henry Unton, English diplomat on this day in history.  

1606  On this day in history justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58  

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1618  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician on March - 23.  

1653  Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48 on this day in history.  

1658  Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79 on March - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1747  Death of Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675) on March - 23.  

1748  Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1754  Death of Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693) on this day in history.  

1756  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1806  George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20 on this day in history.  

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  On March - 23 august v Kotzebue, writer, dies  

1821  On this day in history bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56  

1832  Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1842  On March - 23 stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59  

1862  Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 on March - 23.  

1869  Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

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1429  On March - 23 birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)  

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on this day in history.  

1638  On March - 23 birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist  

1645  On this day in history birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)  

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on March - 23.  

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

1732  On this day in history birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)  

1736  On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)