Historical Events In March - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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