Historical Events In March - 20

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1345  Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" on March - 20.   

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

1393  Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1549  On March - 20 thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded   

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

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

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  On March - 20 united Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms   

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

1617  On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

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

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

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

1680  On March - 20 baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

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

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

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  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

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

1393  On this day in history death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)   

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