Famous Deaths In March - 23

1103  On this day in history 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  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on this day in history.  

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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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  On March - 23 philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54  

1680  Death of Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615) on March - 23.  

1742  On March - 23 death of jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)  

1747  On March - 23 death of claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)  

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

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

1756  On this day in history georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57  

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 March - 23.  

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  Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

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 March - 23.  

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 23.  

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.  

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