Historical Events In March - 20

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

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

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies  

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

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

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on this day in history.  

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

1413  On this day in history 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  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on March - 20.  

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

1549  On this day in history 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  On March - 20 duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé  

1569  On March - 20 duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé  

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

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

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

1616  On March - 20 walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana  

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on March - 20.  

1619  On this day in history matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies  

1627  On March - 20 france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism  

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

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) on March - 20.  

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.  

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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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  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.  

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

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

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

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.  

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 March - 20.  

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

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

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

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

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