Page 2: Historical Events In March - 20

1739  Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne on this day in history.   

1739  Eligio Celestino, composer on this day in history.   

1750  On this day in history martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)   

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on this day in history.   

1757  On this day in history johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60   

1760  On this day in history great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings   

1767  On March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87   

1774  On this day in history john Braham, composer   

1780  Sir Benjamin Truman on this day in history.   

1800  On March - 20 french army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo   

1800  On this day in history french army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo   

1804  A royalist conspiracy against France's first consul Napoleon Bonaparte comes to light in February One conspirator, Gen Jean Victor Moreau, 41, escapes to America, but the duc d'Enghien Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon Condé, 32, is seized in Baden, condemned by a commission acting under Bonaparte's orders without regard to law, and shot at Vincennes the night of March 20 on this day in history.   

1804  On March - 20 neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on March - 20.   

1811  George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) on this day in history.   

1812  George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1813  Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) on March - 20.   

1814  On this day in history prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands   

1815  Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule on March - 20.   

1816  On this day in history uS Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions   

1820  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania on this day in history.   

1823  John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on March - 20.   

1825  On this day in history william Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1826  Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor on March - 20.   

1828  On March - 20 the birth of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet   

1828  On this day in history henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)   

1829  On March - 20 charles Albert White, composer   

1830  On this day in history eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910   

1833  On this day in history uS &Siam conclude commercial treaty   

1833  US & Siam sign commercial treaty on March - 20.   

1833  Henry Southwick Perkins, composer on this day in history.   

1834  Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909) on this day in history.   

1846  Auguste Bender, writer 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  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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

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 March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

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 this day in history.   

1239  On March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on this day in history.   

1393  On this day in history death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.