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 March - 20.   

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 March - 20 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 March - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1549  Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.   

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 March - 20.   

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

1598  On March - 20 french king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty   

1600  The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden on March - 20.   

1602  On March - 20 dutch East India Company founded   

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

1616  On March - 20 walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana   

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 this day in history.   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) on March - 20.   

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

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1469  On March - 20 birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

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

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.   

0687  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.   

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

1393  On this day in history 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 this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45