Historical Events In March - 20
Tuesday, 31 January 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 On this day in history hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)
1345 On March - 20 saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"
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 this day in history.
1393 On this day in history johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
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 March - 20 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 this day in history.
1531 On this day in history sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
1549 Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.
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 On March - 20 duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé
1598 French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty on March - 20.
1598 French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.
1600 On this day in history the Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.
1602 On March - 20 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 On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
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 March - 20.
1634 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) on this day in history.
1646 On March - 20 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 March - 20 willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
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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