Historical Events In March - 20

0141  6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.   

0141  On this day in history 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

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

1345  On this day in history saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

1345  On this day in history saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

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

1501  On March - 20 jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72   

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on this day in history.   

1531  Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on March - 20.   

1569  On this day in history duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé   

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

1598  French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.   

1598  French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on March - 20.   

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

1602  Dutch East India Company founded on March - 20.   

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 this day in history matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies   

1627  France &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on this day in history.   

1627  France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism on this day in history.   

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

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.   

1680  On this day in history baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1697  On this day in history willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"   

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

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1469  On March - 20 birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1680  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  On March - 20 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 March - 20 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.