Historical Events In March - 20

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

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

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.   

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  On March - 20 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  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  On March - 20 sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded   

1549  Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.   

1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

1598  On this day in history french king Henri IV &duke van Mercour sign treaty   

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

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

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

1602  On this day in history 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 March - 20.   

1619  On March - 20 matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies   

1627  On March - 20 france &Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism   

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 March - 20.   

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist on March - 20.   

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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  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

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

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

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