Historical Events In March - 20

0141  6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.   

0141  6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.   

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.   

1239  Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.   

1345  On March - 20 saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

1345  On this day in history saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  On March - 20 king Henry IV, the first English monarch from the Lancastrian dynasty, dies after years of illness, and his eldest son, Henry, ascends to the English throne   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.   

1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.   

1525  On March - 20 paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants   

1531  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on March - 20.   

1549  Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.   

1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on March - 20.   

1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé on this day in history.   

1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history french king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty   

1598  French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on March - 20.   

1600  On this day in history the Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.   

1602  Dutch East India Company founded on this day in history.   

1602  United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms on March - 20.   

1616  Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on March - 20.   

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.   

1627  On this day in history france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism   

1627  France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on March - 20.   

1634  On March - 20 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) on this day in history.   

1697  Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" on March - 20.   

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.   

1728  On this day in history franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.   

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20.   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.   

1239  On March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.   

1415  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45