Best known
Best known
Severus Alexander
Roman emperor from 222 to 235
Al-Mansur Billah
Fatimid ruler (r. 946–953) and 13th Ismaili Imam
Henry the Bearded
High Duke of Poland from 1232 to 1238
Zhao Bing
Emperor of Song China from 1278 to 1279
Alexander III of Scotland
King of Alba from 1249 to 1286
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
English prince and nobleman
Severus Alexander — Roman emperor from 222 to 235, who died on March 19 235.
Al-Mansur Billah — Fatimid ruler (r. 946–953) and 13th Ismaili Imam, who died on March 19 953.
Henry the Bearded — High Duke of Poland from 1232 to 1238, who died on March 19 1238.
Zhao Bing — Emperor of Song China from 1278 to 1279, who died on March 19 1279.
Alexander III of Scotland — King of Alba from 1249 to 1286, who died on March 19 1286.
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent — English prince and nobleman, who died on March 19 1330.
All entries
- 968EEmma of Paris, Duchess of NormandyDuchess consort of Normandy (c. 943–968)
- 1263
Hugh of Saint-CherFrench biblical scholar (c. 1200–1263) - 1372JJohn II of MontferratMargrave of Montferrat from 1338
- 1533
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron BernersEnglish soldier, statesman and translator - 1534MMichael WeißeGerman theologian and hymn writer
- 1539
Lord Edmund Howard16th-century English nobleman - 1563AArthur Brooke (poet)English poet
- 1568
Elizabeth Seymour, Lady CromwellEnglish noblewoman - 1581FFrancis I of Saxe-LauenburgDuke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- 1612
Zofia of SłuckLithuanian Orthodox saint - 1637
Péter PázmányCardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom and Prince Primate of Hungary
- 1649
Gerardus VossiusDutch classical scholar and theologian - 1683
Thomas KilligrewEnglish dramatist and theatre manager - 1687
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La SalleFrench explorer of North America - 1697
Nicolaus BruhnsDanish-German organist, violinist, and composer - 1711
Thomas KenEnglish cleric and bishop - 1717
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and HollandScottish politician - 1721
Pope Clement XIHead of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721 - 1783
Frederick CornwallisArchbishop of Canterbury from 1768 to 1783 - 1790
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan PashaGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1790
- 1797
Philip Hayes (composer)English composer, musician and conductor - 1816
Philip MazzeiItalian physician and philosopher - 1871
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von HaidingerAustrian mineralogist - 1884
Elias LönnrotFinnish polymath and poet - 1897
Antoine Thomson d'AbbadieIrish-born Basque explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer - 1900
John BinghamAmerican politician - 1900
Charles-Louis HanonFrench piano teacher and composer - 1914
Giuseppe MercalliItalian volcanologist and priest
- 1919
Emma Bell MilesAmerican poet - 1930
Arthur BalfourPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905 - 1930
Henry LefroyAustralian politician - 1942
Clinton Hart MerriamAmerican zoologist and ornithologist - 1944
William Hale ThompsonAmerican politician - 1947
James A. GilmoreAmerican baseball executive - 1948
Maud Howe ElliottAmerican writer - 1949
James SomervilleRoyal Navy admiral - 1949
James NewlandAustralian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient
- 1950
Edgar Rice BurroughsAmerican writer - 1950
Norman HaworthBritish chemist - 1951
Dmytro DoroshenkoUkrainian historian and politician - 1976
Albert DieudonnéFrench actor, screenwriter, film director, and novelist - 1976
Paul KossoffEnglish guitarist - 1977
William L. LaurenceAmerican journalist - 1978
M. A. AyyangarIndian politician - 1982
J. B. KripalaniIndian politician - 1982
Randy RhoadsAmerican guitarist - 1984
Garry WinograndAmerican street photographer - 1986
Sabino BarinagaSpanish footballer and manager - 1987
Louis de BroglieFrench physicist - 1988
Bun CookCanadian ice hockey player and coach - 1990
Andrew Wood (singer)American rock musician - 1993HHenrik SandbergDanish film producer
- 1996
Lise ØstergaardDanish government minister - 1996AAlan RidoutBritish composer
- 1996
Virginia HendersonAmerican nurse and writer - 1997
Willem de KooningDutch-American abstract expressionist artist - 1997EEugène GuillevicFrench poet
- 1998
E. M. S. NamboodiripadIndian politician - 1999
Tofilau Eti Alesana5th Prime Minister of Samoa - 2000
Joanne WeaverBaseball player - 2000SShafiq-ur-Rahman (humorist)Pakistani humorist, physician and writer
- 2003MMichael Mathias PrechtlGerman artist
- 2004
Mitchell SharpCanadian politician - 2005
John DeLoreanAmerican automobile engineer and executive - 2008
Arthur C. ClarkeBritish science fiction writer - 2008
Hugo ClausBelgian author - 2008
Paul ScofieldEnglish actor - 2009
Maria BergsonAmerican interior designer, industrial designer, and architect - 2011KKym BonythonAustralian artist, driver, and politician
- 2012
Jim CaseAmerican film producer - 2012UUlu GrosbardBelgian-American theatre and film director
- 2012
Hugo Munthe-Kaas - 2014
Patrick Joseph McGovernBillionaire businessman and entrepreneur - 2014
Fred PhelpsAmerican pastor and activist - 2014HHeather RobertsonCanadian journalist, novelist and non-fiction writer
- 2014
Robert S. StraussAmerican diplomat - 2014
Lawrence WalshAmerican judge - 2014
Joseph F. Weis Jr.American judge - 2015
Gus DouglassAmerican politician - 2015
Safet PlakaloBosnian writer - 2015
Danny SchechterAmerican television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic - 2016
Roger Agnelli
- 2016
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- 2021
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Frequently asked questions
Who died on March 19?
92 people with a Wikipedia article died on March 19, including Severus Alexander, Al-Mansur Billah, Henry the Bearded. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on March 19?
45 documented historical events happened on March 19, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a treaty that renegotiated and extended by two years a previous treaty between them. On the same day, in another year: Mongol conquest of Song China: Zhao Bing (pictured), the last Song emperor, drowned at the end of the Battle of Yamen, bringing the Song dynasty to an end after three centuries. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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