Famous Deaths Happened In March - 23

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on this day in history.   

1169  On March - 23 shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  On March - 23 jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on March - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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.   

1618  On March - 23 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  Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1669  On March - 23 philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54   

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 March - 23 death of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)   

1756  On this day in history 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 March - 23 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  Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42 on March - 23.   

1819  On this day in history 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  Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67   

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1429  On this day in history birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

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

1638  On March - 23 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  On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)