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  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1345  On March - 20 saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"  

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 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  

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  On this day in history sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded  

1549  Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on March - 20.  

1568  On this day in history albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

1569  On this day in history 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  French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.  

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

1600  The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden on this day in history.  

1602  On this day in history dutch East India Company founded  

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

1616  On this day in history walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana  

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

1646  On March - 20 matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35  

1680  On March - 20 baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)  

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

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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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  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

1634  On this day in history birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)  

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

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

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history.  

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 March - 20.  

1239  On this day in history death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies  

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

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.  

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.