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 this day in history.   

0842  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1345  Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" on March - 20.   

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

1393  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 20 paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants   

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  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on March - 20.   

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

1602  Dutch East India Company founded on March - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

1619  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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 March - 20 johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist on this day in history.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  On this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.   

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

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

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 March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45