Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  On March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.   

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  On March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1501  On this day in history jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72   

1531  Death of Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on March - 20.   

1549  Death of Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77   

1586  Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on March - 20.   

1617  On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.   

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)   

1703  On March - 20 johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies   

1730  Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) on March - 20.   

1732  On this day in history death of johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681)   

1746  Death of Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

1751  On March - 20 frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on March - 20.   

1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1780  Death of Sir Benjamin Truman on March - 20.   

1793  On March - 20 death of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)   

1804  On March - 20 ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47   

1812  On March - 20 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1835  On this day in history death of louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)   

1848  Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1855  Death of Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)   

1866  On March - 20 rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23   

1871  On March - 20 antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.