Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  On this day in history 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 March - 20.   

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

1415  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45   

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

1531  On March - 20 death of sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded   

1549  On this day in history death of thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded   

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 this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

1619  On this day in history matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies   

1646  On this day in history matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35   

1673  On March - 20 death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)   

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

1730  On this day in history death of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)   

1732  Death of Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) on March - 20.   

1746  On March - 20 death of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)   

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on this day in history.   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1767  On March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87   

1780  On this day in history death of sir Benjamin Truman   

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on March - 20.   

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on March - 20.   

1812  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1835  On March - 20 death of louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)   

1848  On this day in history abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27   

1855  On March - 20 death of joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)   

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

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

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

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist