- 45 BC Titus Labienus, Roman leader
Marcus Aurelius
180 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome (161-180AD), dies at 58
Marcus Aurelius
- 461 Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend),
- 659 Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess, patron saint of travellers, dies at about 32
- 1040 Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies
- 1058 King Lulach I of Scotland
- 1199 Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow
- 1272 Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)
- 1425 Ashikaga Yoshikazu, 5th Japanese shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, dies at 17
- 1516 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
- 1565 Alexander Ales [Alesius], Scottish theologian of the school of Augsburg, dies at 64
- 1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
- 1605 Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
- 1640 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
- 1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
- 1649 Gabriel Lallemant, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1610)
- 1653 Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
- 1680 Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
- 1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
- 1713 Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw [b. 1688)
- 1715 Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1643)
- 1741 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671)
- 1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies
- 1782 Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and physicist (10 time French award), dies at 82
- 1796 Pieter Paulus, Dutch Patriot and President of the First National Assembly in The Hague, dies of a serious cold at 42
- 1806 David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies
- 1830 Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (b. 1764)
- 1846 Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
- 1849 William II, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg, dies at 56
Christian Doppler
1853 Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist, dies at 49
Christian Doppler
- 1863 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
- 1864 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
- 1889 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch poet (Dietsche Warande), dies at 68
- 1891 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention, dies at 68
- 1893 Jules Ferry, French statesman (b. 1832)
- 1893 Jules Ferry, French statesman, dies at 60
- 1898 Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
- 1901 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69
- 1906 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
- 1912 Lawrence "Titus" Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), sacrifices himself during the Terra Nova Expedition at 32
- 1915 Walter Crane, English painter, cartoonist and illustrator (The Lady of Shalott), dies at 69
- 1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
- 1946 Dai Li, Chinese spymaster (b. 1897)
- 1949 Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882)
- 1950 Adolf Meyer, American psychiatrist and neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene), dies at 83
- 1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
Irene Joliot-Curie
1956 Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel laureate 1935) and daughter of Marie Curie, dies at 58
Irene Joliot-Curie
Ramon Magsaysay
1957 Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines, dies in a plane crash at 49
Ramon Magsaysay
- 1961 Susanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
- 1962 Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian integral geometer, dies at 76
- 1965 Nancy Cunard, British writer and activist, dies at 69
- 1967 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
- 1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
- 1971 Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies
- 1974 [Robert] Carroll Nye, American actor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 72
- 1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
- 1976 Luchino Visconti, Italian director (The Leopard, Death in Venice), dies at 69
- 1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
- 1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
- 1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
- 1983 Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
- 1986 John Bagot Glubb, British commandant and writer (A soldier with the Arabs), dies at 88
- 1987 Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914)
- 1992 George Lovi, US columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
- 1993 Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered
- 1993 Charlotte Hughes, British supercentenarian (lived under the rule of 6 monarchs and 24 British Prime Ministers), dies at 115
- 1994 Arthur C. Jacobs, Scottish poet, dies at 57
- 1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
- 1994 Charlotte Auerbach, German-Born British geneticist and zoologist, dies at 94
- 1995 Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
- 1995 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist and director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
- 1995 Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61
- 1996 Bela Szigeti, Hungarian theoretical physicist, dies at 83
- 1996 Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83
- 1996 Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64
- 2002 Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)
- 2002 Luise Rinser, German writer (Prison Journal), dies at 90
- 2003 Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902)
- 2005 George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)
- 2005 Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912)
- 2006 Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), dies at 92
- 2007 John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924)
- 2007 Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. (b. 1951)
- 2008 Roland Arnall, American businessman and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, dies at 68
- 2012 John Demjanjuk, convicted Nazi war criminal, dies from natural causes at 91
- 2012 Pope Shenouda III, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, dies from prostate cancer at 88
- 2012 Chaleo Yoovidhya, Thai co-creator of Red Bull energy drink, dies from natural causes at 88
- 2012 Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity, dies at 88
- 2014 L'Wren Scott [Laura Bambrough], American fashion designer and partner of Mick Jagger, commits suicide at 49
- 2016 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), dies at 77
- 2017 Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet (Omeros), Nobel Prize for Literature 1992, dies at 87
March in History
Nature Blows Gunboat Diplomacy Out of the Water
The world's superpowers were prepared to use the power of their warships to control the Samoan Islands in the 1880s. But nature had other ideas.
March 15, 1889
The First People To Hop On A Bus
It was an idea probably two centuries years ahead of its time, but public buses first took to the streets of Paris on this day in history.
March 18, 1662
Dr Livingstone, I Presume?
Explorer David Livingstone, born on this day, spawned one of the most famous encounters when he was found in Africa by journalist Henry Stanley.
March 19, 1813
A First Lady Goes Shoplifting
While former Panama military dictator Manuel Noriega was awaiting his fate on racketeering charges, his wife Felicidad was having her own run-in with the law.
March 20, 1992