Historical Events In March - 20

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

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

0842  On March - 20 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  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 March - 20.  

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  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1549  On this day in history thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded  

1568  On March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé on this day in history.  

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

1598  On this day in history french king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty  

1598  French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.  

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

1602  On March - 20 dutch East India Company founded  

1602  United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms on this day in history.  

1616  Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on March - 20.  

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

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.  

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

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  On this day in history matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35  

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

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

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)  

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

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

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

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  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

1728  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed  

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

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