Historical Events In March - 20
Friday, 21 February 2025
0141 On March - 20 6th predicted perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0141 On this day in history 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0842 On March - 20 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 Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.
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 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 March - 20.
1501 On this day in history jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
1525 On March - 20 paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
1531 Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on March - 20.
1549 Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.
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 March - 20.
1569 On this day in history duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé
1598 French king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty on March - 20.
1598 French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty on this day in history.
1600 On this day in history the Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.
1602 Dutch East India Company founded on March - 20.
1602 On this day in history united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
1616 Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on March - 20.
1617 On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
1619 Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.
1627 On this day in history france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
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 On this day in history matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
1680 Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) on March - 20.
1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" on this day in history.
1703 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.
1728 Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist on this day in history.
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