Historical Events In March - 20

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

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 this day in history.  

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.  

1239  On March - 20 hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

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

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 March - 20 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 March - 20.  

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

1501  On this day in history jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72  

1525  On March - 20 paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants  

1531  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

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

1602  On March - 20 dutch East India Company founded  

1602  On March - 20 united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms  

1616  Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on March - 20.  

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on March - 20.  

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

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

1646  On this day in history matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35  

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

1697  On March - 20 willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"  

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

1728  On March - 20 franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist  

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1469  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1725  On March - 20 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 March - 20.  

1191  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies  

1239  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed  

1413  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

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