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 March - 20.  

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20.  

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.  

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  On March - 20 saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"  

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.  

1393  Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On March - 20 thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded  

1568  On March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

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

1598  On this day in history 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 this day in history dutch East India Company founded  

1602  United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms on this day in history.  

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

1617  On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50  

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

1697  Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" on March - 20.  

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

1728  On this day in history franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist  

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.  

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

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.  

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) 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 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

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

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

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.  

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