Historical Events In March - 20

0141  6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

0141  6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

1345  Satur/ upite/ ars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

1345  Satur/ upite/ ars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

1413  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   

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants   

1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé   

1569  Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé   

1598  French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty   

1600  The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden   

1602  Dutch East India Company founded   

1469  Princess cecily of york: Princess cecily of york (d. 1507)   

1477  Jerome emser: German theologian   

1502  Pierino belli: Italian soldier and jurist   

1634  Balthasar bekker: Frisian theologist (examiner of comets)   

1644  Ivan mazepa: Cossack hetman of the hetmanate   

1680  Baron emanuele d' astorga: Italian composer (stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul hamid i: Ottoman sultan   

1728  Franciscus l kersteman: Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  St. cuthbert: Patron saint of northumbria (b. c. 634)   

0842  Alfonso ii the chaste: King of asturia (791-842),   

1191  Clement iii: [paolo scolari], pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades),   

1239  Hermann von salza: Grand master of the teutonic knights (c. 1179)   

1351  Mohammed ibn-tughluq: Sultan of delhi india,   

1393  Johannes nepomucenus: [jan nepomucky], czech saint, killed   

1413  King henry iv of england: King henry iv of england (b. 1367)   

1415  Henry iv bolingbroke: King of england (1399-1413),