Historical Events In March - 20
Saturday, 12 July 2025
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 March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies
1191 Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.
1239 Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.
1345 On this day in history 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 March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
1393 On March - 20 johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 March - 20.
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 March - 20 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 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 March - 20.
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 On March - 20 france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
1627 On March - 20 france & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
1634 On March - 20 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)
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 On this day in history willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
1703 On this day in history johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
1728 Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist on March - 20.
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