Page 2: Historical Events In March - 20

1739  On this day in history nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.   

1739  On this day in history eligio Celestino, composer   

1750  On this day in history martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)   

1751  On March - 20 frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on March - 20.   

1760  Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings on March - 20.   

1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1774  John Braham, composer on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history sir Benjamin Truman   

1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo on this day in history.   

1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo on this day in history.   

1804  On March - 20 a royalist conspiracy against France's first consul Napoleon Bonaparte comes to light in February One conspirator, Gen Jean Victor Moreau, 41, escapes to America, but the duc d'Enghien Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon Condé, 32, is seized in Baden, condemned by a commission acting under Bonaparte's orders without regard to law, and shot at Vincennes the night of March 20   

1804  On March - 20 neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

1804  On this day in history ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47   

1811  George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history george Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880   

1812  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1813  On March - 20 matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High)   

1814  On March - 20 prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands   

1815  Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule on this day in history.   

1816  On March - 20 uS Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions   

1820  On March - 20 alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania   

1823  On this day in history john Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1825  William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) on March - 20.   

1826  On March - 20 carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor   

1828  The birth of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet on this day in history.   

1828  Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) on March - 20.   

1829  Charles Albert White, composer on March - 20.   

1830  On this day in history eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910   

1833  US &Siam conclude commercial treaty on this day in history.   

1833  On March - 20 uS & Siam sign commercial treaty   

1833  On March - 20 henry Southwick Perkins, composer   

1834  On March - 20 charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909)   

1846  On March - 20 auguste Bender, writer   

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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 March - 20.   

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

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.   

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.   

0687  On March - 20 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  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  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  On March - 20 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 March - 20.