Historical Events In March - 20

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

0141  On March - 20 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

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

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

1239  Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.   

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  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45   

1501  On March - 20 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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  On March - 20 dutch East India Company founded   

1602  On this day in history united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms   

1616  On this day in history walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana   

1617  On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1646  On March - 20 matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35   

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

1697  On this day in history willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"   

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist on this day in history.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.   

1634  On this day in history birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1191  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  On this day in history death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

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

1393  On March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

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