Famous Deaths In March - 23

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

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  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  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on this day in history.  

1555  On March - 23 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  On March - 23 death of henry Unton, English diplomat  

1606  On this day in history justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58  

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

1680  On March - 23 death of nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)  

1742  Death of Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670) on March - 23.  

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

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

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

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 March - 23.  

1806  George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20 on this day in history.  

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  August v Kotzebue, writer, dies on March - 23.  

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  On March - 23 stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59  

1862  Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 on March - 23.  

1869  Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60 on March - 23.  

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

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1429  On March - 23 birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)  

1599  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1736  On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)