Page 2: Historical Events In March - 20

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

1739  On March - 20 eligio Celestino, composer   

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 March - 20.   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1760  Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings on March - 20.   

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

1774  John Braham, composer on March - 20.   

1780  Sir Benjamin Truman on March - 20.   

1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo on March - 20.   

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  Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on this day in history.   

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

1811  On this day in history george Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)   

1812  On March - 20 george Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880   

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 this day in history.   

1814  On March - 20 prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands   

1815  On March - 20 napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule   

1816  US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions on this day in history.   

1820  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania on March - 20.   

1823  On March - 20 john Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1825  William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1826  Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor on this day in history.   

1828  The birth of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet on this day in history.   

1828  Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) on this day in history.   

1829  Charles Albert White, composer on March - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1833  On March - 20 henry Southwick Perkins, composer   

1834  Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909) on March - 20.   

1846  Auguste Bender, writer on March - 20.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

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

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.   

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history.   

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.   

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

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

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

1413  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

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