Historical Events In March - 20

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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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  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 this day in history.  

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 March - 20 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 this day in history 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  On March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

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

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 March - 20.