Historical Events In March - 20

1739  Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne on this day in history.   

1739  On March - 20 eligio Celestino, composer   

1750  On this day in history martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)   

1751  On March - 20 frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on March - 20.   

1760  On this day in history great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings   

1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1774  On March - 20 john Braham, composer   

1780  On this day in history sir Benjamin Truman   

1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history french army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo   

1804  On March - 20 a royalist conspiracy against France's first consul Napoleon Bonaparte comes to light in February One conspirator, Gen Jean Victor Moreau, 41, escapes to America, but the duc d'Enghien Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon Condé, 32, is seized in Baden, condemned by a commission acting under Bonaparte's orders without regard to law, and shot at Vincennes the night of March 20   

1804  On March - 20 neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1811  On March - 20 george Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)   

1812  George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 on March - 20.   

1812  On March - 20 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1813  Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) on March - 20.   

1814  Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands on March - 20.   

1815  Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history uS Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions   

1820  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history john Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1825  William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) on March - 20.   

1826  Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor on March - 20.   

1828  On March - 20 the birth of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet   

1828  On this day in history henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)   

1829  Charles Albert White, composer on March - 20.   

1830  Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 on this day in history.   

1833  US &Siam conclude commercial treaty on March - 20.   

1833  On March - 20 uS & Siam sign commercial treaty   

1833  Henry Southwick Perkins, composer on March - 20.   

1834  Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909) on March - 20.   

1846  Auguste Bender, writer on March - 20.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

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

0687  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

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

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.   

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

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