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

1345  Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic" on this day in history.   

1345  Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" on this day in history.   

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

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

1413  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history french king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty   

1598  On March - 20 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 this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

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

1627  France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on March - 20.   

1627  France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on March - 20.   

1634  On March - 20 balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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

1697  Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" on March - 20.   

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

1728  On March - 20 franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

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1469  On March - 20 birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

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

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

0687  On this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

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

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.   

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

1415  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45