Historical Events In March - 20

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

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

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 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 March - 20.   

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

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  On March - 20 johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

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   

1415  On March - 20 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 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  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  On March - 20 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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.   

1627  France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on this day in history.   

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 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 March - 20.   

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

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

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

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

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

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) 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 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  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.