- 1202 King Sverre of Norway (1184-1202), dies
- 1422 Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)
- 1440 St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)
- 1566 David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles
- 1620 Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59
- 1649 James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman, dies at 42
- 1649 Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (b. 1590)
- 1661 Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58
- 1688 Claude Mellan, French engraver, cartoonist and painter, dies at 89
- 1709 Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat, dies at 70
- 1747 Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69
- 1808 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739)
- 1809 Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French ballonist (1st balloon flights in England and U.S.), dies at 55
- 1824 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79
- 1831 Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79
- 1836 Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French Enlightenment philosopher, dies at 81
- 1847 Mary Anning, British fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist (Jurassic marine fossil beds of Lyme Regis in Dorset), dies of breast cancer at 47
Hans Christian Ørsted
- 1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58
- 1883 Arnold Toynbee, English economic historian and social reformer, dies at 30
- 1888 William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
- 1895 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59
- 1897 Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing, dies at 71
- 1907 John Alexander Dowie, Scottish-American evangelist (founded the city of Zion, Illinois), dies at 59
- 1913 Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61
- 1918 [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53
- 1931 Ida B Wells-Barnett, African American civil rights activist, dies in Chicago at 78
- 1937 Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist, dies at 72
- 1947 Carrie Chapman Catt, American women's suffrage leader, dies at 88
- 1954 Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
- 1954 V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer, dies at 79
- 1955 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88
- 1960 Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
- 1962 Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of Univac computer, dies at 59
- 1963 Frederic G. Melcher, American publisher and editor who founded children's book week, dies at 83
- 1964 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general and politician, dies at 93
- 1965 Kazys Boruta, writer, dies
- 1969 Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies
- 1974 Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58
- 1975 Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82
- 1975 Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor, dies at 86
- 1981 Max Delbrück, German-American biologist and molecular geneticist (bacteriophage, Nobel Prize 1969), dies at 74
- 1982 Richard A Butler, England, min of Finance, dies at 79
- 1983 Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist famous for his work on neurotransmitters (Nobel 1970), dies at 78
- 1988 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
- 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42
- 1992 Jack McEdward, asst dir (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94
- 1992 James Brooks, US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia NY), dies at 85
Menachem Begin
1992 Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977-80, 81-83) and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies of a heart attack at 85
Menachem Begin
- 1993 Max August Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn), dies at 86
- 1994 Charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73
- 1994 Lawrence E. Spivak, American news panelist (Meet the Press), dies at 93
- 1995 Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79
- 1996 Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77
- 1996 Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42
- 1996 Peter Mansfield, British political journalist and author, dies at 67
- 1997 Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66
- 2003 Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946)
- 2004 Dr. Gerald Deskin, Ph.D., clinical child psychologist (b. 1929)
- 2005 Kurt Lotz, German business executive and second postwar CEO of Volkswagen, dies at 92
- 2005 Jeanette Schmid, Austrian transsexual professional whistler, dies at 80
- 2006 John Profumo, British cabinet minister (Profumo scandal), dies at 91
- 2006 Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
- 2007 Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, North Carolina politician (b. unknown)
- 2010 Doris Haddock, American political activist (b. 1910)
- 2011 David S. Broder, American journalist (Pulitzer 1973), dies at 81
- 2012 Selma Rubin, American environmental activist, dies at 96
- 2012 Lord Wedderton of Charlton, British academic and politician, dies at 84
- 2012 Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, British politician, dies at 84
- 2015 James Molyneaux [Baron Molyneaux of Killead], MP (Ulster unionist), dies at 94
John Gutfreund
2016 John Gutfreund, American investment banker, CEO of Salomon Brothers (King of Wall Street), dies at 86
John Gutfreund
- 2017 Howard Hodgkin, British abstract painter, dies at 84
- 2018 Joaquin Avila, American lawyer and civil rights champion who advocated against voter discrimination, dies from complications of colon and liver cancer at 69
- 2019 Bobbi Fiedler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), dies at 81
March in History
![Sinatra Snaps the Fight of the Century]()
Sinatra Snaps the Fight of the Century
Sinatra does it his way and secures a ringside seat as a photographer for the "Fight of the Century" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
March 8, 1971![One-Man War Finally Ends]()
One-Man War Finally Ends
Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda finally surrendered on this day – nearly 30 years after the Second World War had ended.
March 9, 1974![Mr. Watson come here, I want you]()
Mr. Watson come here, I want you
Alexander Graham Bell spoke only briefly by phone to his assistant on this day in 1876, but it proved to be a pioneering moment in telecoms history.
March 10, 1876![Wave of Doubt over Britannia]()
Wave of Doubt over Britannia
The composer who put "Rule, Britannia!" to music was born on this day, but the original words are not quite what they bellow out at the Last Night of the Proms.
March 12, 1710
