Historical Events In March - 20

0141  6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on March - 20.  

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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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.  

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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  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on this day in history.  

1531  On March - 20 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  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé on this day in history.  

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 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  Dutch East India Company founded on this day in history.  

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 March - 20.  

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

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 March - 20.  

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

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

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

1697  Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" on this day in history.  

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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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)  

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

1502  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)  

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

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 20.  

0842  On March - 20 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  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  On this day in history 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  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.