Historical Events In March - 20
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
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
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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