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

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

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

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  

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

1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.  

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

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

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  Dutch East India Company founded on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) on March - 20.  

1697  Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" on March - 20.  

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.  

1728  On this day in history franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist  

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1469  On March - 20 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 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  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1393  On March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed  

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.  

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