Famous Deaths In March - 23

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.  

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

1237  On this day in history jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on this day in history.  

1596  Death of Henry Unton, English diplomat on March - 23.  

1606  On March - 23 justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58  

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1618  On this day in history death of james Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician  

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

1658  On March - 23 valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79  

1669  Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54 on March - 23.  

1680  Death of Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1748  On this day in history johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63  

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

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 March - 23.  

1801  On March - 23 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 this day in history ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60  

1816  Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95 on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42  

1819  On March - 23 august v Kotzebue, writer, dies  

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

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

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  On this day in history charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60  

1880  On March - 23 gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67  

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1429  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.  

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.  

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

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

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

1723  On March - 23 birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)  

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on March - 23.  

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on this day in history.