Historical Events In March - 20
Monday, 11 December 2023
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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