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  Eligio Celestino, composer on this day in history.   

1750  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60   

1760  On March - 20 great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings   

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

1774  John Braham, composer on this day in history.   

1780  Sir Benjamin Truman on March - 20.   

1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo on March - 20.   

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  Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on this day in history.   

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

1811  George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) on March - 20.   

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

1812  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1813  Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) on March - 20.   

1814  Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands on March - 20.   

1815  Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule on March - 20.   

1816  US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions on this day in history.   

1820  Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania on March - 20.   

1823  John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

1825  William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1826  Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor on March - 20.   

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

1828  On this day in history henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)   

1829  On this day in history charles Albert White, composer   

1830  Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 on this day in history.   

1833  On March - 20 uS &Siam conclude commercial treaty   

1833  US & Siam sign commercial treaty on March - 20.   

1833  On this day in history henry Southwick Perkins, composer   

1834  Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909) on March - 20.   

1846  Auguste Bender, writer on March - 20.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 20.   

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

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

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on March - 20.   

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.   

0842  On March - 20 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 March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

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