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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on March - 23.   

1548  On March - 23 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  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on March - 23.   

1596  On this day in history death of henry Unton, English diplomat   

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

1618  On March - 23 death of james Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician   

1653  Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48 on March - 23.   

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

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

1754  On this day in history death of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)   

1756  On March - 23 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57   

1783  Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1801  On this day in history 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   

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

1809  On March - 23 ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60   

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

1818  Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42 on March - 23.   

1819  August v Kotzebue, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1821  On March - 23 bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56   

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

1842  On this day in history stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59   

1862  On March - 23 karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81   

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

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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1429  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on March - 23.   

1599  On this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on this day in history.   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on March - 23.   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On March - 23 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)