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

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

1413  On March - 20 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 March - 20 jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72   

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on March - 20.   

1531  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded   

1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on March - 20.   

1569  On March - 20 duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé   

1569  On this day in history duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé   

1598  On March - 20 french king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty   

1598  French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on March - 20.   

1600  On March - 20 the Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.   

1602  On this day in history dutch East India Company founded   

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 March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

1619  On this day in history matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies   

1627  On this day in history france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism   

1627  On this day in history france & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism   

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 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 March - 20.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.   

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

1680  On March - 20 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  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

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

1351  On this day in history 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.