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 March - 23.  

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

1548  On March - 23 death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen  

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  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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1618  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1747  On this day in history death of claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)  

1748  On this day in history 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  On March - 23 gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67  

1786  Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) on March - 23.  

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  George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20 on March - 23.  

1809  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60 on March - 23.  

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

1832  On March - 23 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  On this day in history charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60  

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on March - 23.  

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

1599  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer  

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  On March - 23 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 March - 23.