Famous Deaths Happened In March - 23

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

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  On this day in history death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on this day in history.   

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on March - 23.   

1555  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on March - 23.   

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)   

1596  On March - 23 death of henry Unton, English diplomat   

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 March - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1680  Death of Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615) on March - 23.   

1742  On March - 23 death of jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)   

1747  On this day in history death of claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)   

1748  Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63 on March - 23.   

1754  Death of Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

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

1783  On this day in history gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67   

1786  On March - 23 patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)   

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 March - 23.   

1809  On this day in history 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  On this day in history august v Kotzebue, writer, dies   

1821  On this day in history bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56   

1832  Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1842  Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 23 karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81   

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

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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1429  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.   

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

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on March - 23.   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1732  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

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