Historical Events In March - 20

0141  On this day in history 6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

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

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.   

1239  On this day in history hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1345  On March - 20 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  Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.   

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

1501  On this day in history jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72   

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on this day in history.   

1531  On March - 20 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  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé on March - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms   

1616  On this day in history walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana   

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on March - 20.   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.   

1627  France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on this day in history.   

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

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

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) on this day in history.   

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 March - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 20.   

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

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

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.   

1239  On March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

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

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.