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March 20, 1423
Born on March 21
- 1474 » Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint († 1540)
- 1501 » Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham, English noble († 1558)
- 1521 » Maurice, Elector of Saxony († 1553)
- 1527 » Hermann Finck, German composer and educator († 1558)
- 1555 » John Leveson, English politician († 1615)
- 1557 » Anne Howard, Countess of Arundel, English countess and poet († 1630)
- 1626 » Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary († 1667)
- 1672 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator († 1742)
- 1685 » Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque composer and musician († 1750)
- 1713 » Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician († 1803)
Died on March 21
- 1201 » Absalon, Danish archbishop (b. c. 1128)
- 1306 » Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)
- 1372 » Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden
- 1487 » Nicholas of Flüe, Swiss monk and saint (b. 1417)
- 1540 » John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, English peer and courtier (b. c. 1482)
- 1556 » Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop (b. 1489)
- 1571 » Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)
- 1617 » Pocahontas, Algonquian Indigenous princess (b. c. 1595)
- 1653 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha, Albanian politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1656 » James Ussher, Irish archbishop (b. 1581)
Names that were popular for boys in 1423
Names that were popular for girls in 1423
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1423
- Gravin Jacoba (Beiers Huis) was from 1417 till 1433 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- July 31 » Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.