Historical Events In March - 20
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0141 On March - 20 6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0141 On this day in history 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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 this day in history.
1239 On this day in history hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)
1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic" on March - 20.
1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" on March - 20.
1351 Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on this day in history.
1393 On March - 20 johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
1413 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 on this day in history.
1415 Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.
1501 On this day in history jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
1525 Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on March - 20.
1531 Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.
1549 On this day in history thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded
1568 On March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
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 March - 20.
1598 French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty on March - 20.
1598 On this day in history french king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty
1600 The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden on this day in history.
1602 Dutch East India Company founded on March - 20.
1602 On this day in history united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
1616 Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on this day in history.
1617 On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
1619 On March - 20 matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies
1627 On March - 20 france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
1627 France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on March - 20.
1634 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) on March - 20.
1646 On March - 20 matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
1680 Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) on March - 20.
1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" on this day in history.
1703 On March - 20 johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
1728 Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist on this day in history.
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