Historical Events In March - 20

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

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 March - 20.  

1191  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies  

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 this day in history.  

1345  On March - 20 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  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  

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

1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1525  On this day in history paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants  

1531  On this day in history sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded  

1549  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1598  On this day in history french king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty  

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  On March - 20 dutch East India Company founded  

1602  On this day in history united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms  

1616  On March - 20 walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana  

1617  On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50  

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.  

1627  On this day in history france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism  

1627  On March - 20 france & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism  

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) on this day in history.  

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.  

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  On this day in history johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies  

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

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.  

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.  

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)  

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.  

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

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

0687  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

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 March - 20.  

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45