Historical Events In March - 20

0141  6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on March - 20.   

0141  6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on March - 20.   

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20.   

1191  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  On March - 20 hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1345  On March - 20 saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

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  Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.   

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  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1525  Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants on March - 20.   

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 March - 20 duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé   

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

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

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 March - 20.   

1602  Dutch East India Company founded on this day in history.   

1602  United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms on March - 20.   

1616  Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on this day in history.   

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

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

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) on March - 20.   

1646  On March - 20 matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35   

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

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

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.   

0687  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20.   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.