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 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 hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

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  On March - 20 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   

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

1501  On March - 20 jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72   

1525  On this day in history 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 March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77   

1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé on March - 20.   

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  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  On this day in history united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms   

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

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  France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on this day in history.   

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 March - 20.   

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

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

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

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  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

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

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

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

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 March - 20.   

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

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 March - 20.   

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.   

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on this day in history.   

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