Historical Events In March - 20
Sunday, 07 August 2022
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 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 Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.
1345 On this day in history saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"
1345 On March - 20 saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
1351 Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on this day in history.
1393 Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.
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 March - 20.
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 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 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 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 French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.
1600 The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden on this day in history.
1602 Dutch East India Company founded on March - 20.
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 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 March - 20.
1627 France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on March - 20.
1627 France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on March - 20.
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 On March - 20 baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
1697 On this day in history willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
1703 On this day in history 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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