Historical Events In March - 20
Saturday, 17 May 2025
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 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 hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)
1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic" on March - 20.
1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" on March - 20.
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 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 this day in history 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 On March - 20 duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé
1598 French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.
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 Dutch East India Company founded on this day in history.
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 March - 20.
1617 Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1619 Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.
1627 France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on this day in history.
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 March - 20.
1680 On March - 20 baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" on March - 20.
1703 On March - 20 johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
1728 On March - 20 franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist
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