Historical Events In March - 20
Monday, 20 January 2025
0141 On March - 20 6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0141 On March - 20 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0842 Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.
1191 On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies
1239 On this day in history hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)
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 this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
1393 On March - 20 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 Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.
1501 Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.
1525 On this day in history paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
1531 On this day in history sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
1549 On March - 20 thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded
1568 On March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
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 March - 20.
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 March - 20.
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 this day in history.
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 France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on this day in history.
1634 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) on March - 20.
1646 Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.
1680 On this day in history baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
1697 On this day in history 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 Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist on March - 20.
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