Famous Deaths In March - 23

1103  On March - 23 death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

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

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  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

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  On March - 23 death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)   

1596  Death of Henry Unton, English diplomat on March - 23.   

1606  On March - 23 justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58   

1618  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician on this day in history.   

1653  On March - 23 johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48   

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 this day in history.   

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

1756  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57 on March - 23.   

1783  Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67 on March - 23.   

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

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

1816  Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95 on March - 23.   

1818  Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1819  August v Kotzebue, writer, dies on March - 23.   

1821  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 on March - 23.   

1832  On March - 23 vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41   

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 March - 23.   

1869  On this day in history charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60   

1880  On March - 23 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  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  On this day in history birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  On this day in history 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)