Historical Events In March - 20

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

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

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

1345  On this day in history saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"  

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

1393  On March - 20 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 March - 20.  

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  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on March - 20.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1598  French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.  

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

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 March - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On March - 20 matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35  

1680  On this day in history 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  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.  

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

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 March - 20.  

1680  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)  

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

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

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).  

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

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies  

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

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.