Historical Events In March - 20

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

0141  On this day in history 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet  

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.  

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

1239  Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.  

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

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

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on this day in history.  

1531  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on March - 20.  

1549  Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.  

1568  On this day in history 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 March - 20.  

1598  On this day in history 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  On March - 20 the Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.  

1602  Dutch East India Company founded on this day in history.  

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

1616  On this day in history walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana  

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1619  On March - 20 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 March - 20.  

1634  On this day in history balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)  

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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  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  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) 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 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  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  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.