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 March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

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

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

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 March - 20.   

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on this day in history.   

1393  On March - 20 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  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded   

1549  Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on March - 20.   

1568  On March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77   

1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé on this day in history.   

1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé on March - 20.   

1598  On March - 20 french king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty   

1598  On March - 20 french king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty   

1600  On this day in history the Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.   

1602  On this day in history dutch East India Company founded   

1602  On March - 20 united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms   

1616  On March - 20 walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana   

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1619  On March - 20 matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies   

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

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

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

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

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.   

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

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

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

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.   

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