Historical Events In March - 20

0141  6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on March - 20.  

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

1345  Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic" on March - 20.  

1345  Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" on this day in history.  

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

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

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 March - 20.  

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  On March - 20 paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants  

1531  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

1549  On March - 20 thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded  

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

1598  On March - 20 french king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty  

1600  On March - 20 the Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.  

1602  On this day in history dutch East India Company founded  

1602  On March - 20 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  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on March - 20.  

1619  On March - 20 matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies  

1627  France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on this day in history.  

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 March - 20.  

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

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 March - 20.  

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history.  

0842  On March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies  

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

1393  On this day in history death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed  

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.  

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45