Historical Events In March - 20

0141  On this day in history 6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet  

0141  6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.  

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

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  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  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 March - 20.  

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on March - 20.  

1531  On March - 20 sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded  

1549  On March - 20 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  On this day in history duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé  

1598  French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.  

1598  French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on March - 20.  

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

1602  On this day in history dutch East India Company founded  

1602  United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms on March - 20.  

1616  Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on this day in history.  

1617  On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50  

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.  

1627  On this day in history france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism  

1627  France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on March - 20.  

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.  

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

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

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.  

1680  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)  

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.  

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

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).  

0842  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45