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 March - 20.  

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

1239  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1393  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1525  On March - 20 paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants  

1531  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

1549  Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on March - 20.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies  

1627  France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on March - 20.  

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

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

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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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.  

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.  

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

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.  

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.