Historical Events In March - 20

0141  6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on March - 20.   

0141  On March - 20 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

0842  On March - 20 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  Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.   

1345  On this day in history saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

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  Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  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 on this day in history.   

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

1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.   

1525  On March - 20 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  On this day in history 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 March - 20.   

1598  French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history french king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty   

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

1602  Dutch East India Company founded on March - 20.   

1602  On March - 20 united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms   

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 March - 20.   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.   

1627  On March - 20 france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism   

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

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

1646  On this day in history matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35   

1680  On this day in history baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1697  On March - 20 willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"   

1703  On this day in history johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies   

1728  On this day in history franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

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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  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 this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

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  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.   

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.   

0842  On March - 20 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

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

1415  On March - 20 henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45