Historical Events In March - 20

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

0141  On March - 20 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  Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic" on March - 20.   

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

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  On March - 20 johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

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 on this day in history.   

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

1501  On March - 20 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 this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded   

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  On this day in history french king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty   

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

1600  On March - 20 the Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.   

1602  Dutch East India Company founded on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) on this day in history.   

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

1703  On this day in history johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies   

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

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.   

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

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

0687  On this day in history 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 March - 20.   

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.   

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

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

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.