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 March - 20 eligio Celestino, composer   

1750  On March - 20 martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)   

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on this day in history.   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on March - 20.   

1774  John Braham, composer on March - 20.   

1780  Sir Benjamin Truman on March - 20.   

1800  On this day in history french army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo   

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

1804  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 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history george Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)   

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

1812  On March - 20 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1813  Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history 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  US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions on March - 20.   

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

1823  John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on March - 20.   

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

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

1828  On March - 20 the birth of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet   

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

1829  Charles Albert White, composer on March - 20.   

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

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

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

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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