Famous Deaths 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  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  On March - 23 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 this day in history death of henry Unton, English diplomat  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

1669  Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 March - 23.  

1748  Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63 on March - 23.  

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

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

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

1786  On this day in history patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)  

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  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  On March - 23 august v Kotzebue, writer, dies  

1821  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 on March - 23.  

1832  Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41 on March - 23.  

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

1862  Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

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  Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.  

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

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 March - 23 birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)