Famous Deaths Happened In March - 23

1103  On this day in history death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

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

1237  On March - 23 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  On this day in history death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

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 March - 23.   

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

1606  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

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

1658  On March - 23 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  On March - 23 death of jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)   

1747  Death of Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675) on March - 23.   

1748  Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1756  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1786  Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history 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  On March - 23 george Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20   

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 this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history august v Kotzebue, writer, dies   

1821  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1842  On March - 23 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  On March - 23 charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60   

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on March - 23.   

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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 March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

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

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on March - 23.   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on this day in history.   

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

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

1736  On March - 23 birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)