Famous Deaths Happened 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  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 March - 23.   

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

1618  On this day in history death of james Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician   

1653  Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48 on March - 23.   

1658  On this day in history valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79   

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

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  Death of Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675) on March - 23.   

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  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  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 March - 23.   

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

1816  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Thomas Selle, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 23.   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on this day in history.