Page 2: Historical Events In March - 20

1739  Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne on March - 20.   

1739  Eligio Celestino, composer on March - 20.   

1750  On this day in history martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)   

1751  On March - 20 frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on March - 20.   

1760  On March - 20 great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings   

1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1774  John Braham, composer on March - 20.   

1780  On this day in history sir Benjamin Truman   

1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo on this day in history.   

1800  On March - 20 french army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo   

1804  A royalist conspiracy against France's first consul Napoleon Bonaparte comes to light in February One conspirator, Gen Jean Victor Moreau, 41, escapes to America, but the duc d'Enghien Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon Condé, 32, is seized in Baden, condemned by a commission acting under Bonaparte's orders without regard to law, and shot at Vincennes the night of March 20 on March - 20.   

1804  Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on March - 20.   

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1811  George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) on this day in history.   

1812  George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 on March - 20.   

1812  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1813  Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) on March - 20.   

1814  On March - 20 prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands   

1815  Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule on this day in history.   

1816  US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions on March - 20.   

1820  On this day in history alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania   

1823  On this day in history john Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1825  William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) on March - 20.   

1826  Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor on this day in history.   

1828  On March - 20 the birth of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet   

1828  Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) on this day in history.   

1829  Charles Albert White, composer on March - 20.   

1830  On this day in history eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910   

1833  On March - 20 uS &Siam conclude commercial treaty   

1833  On March - 20 uS & Siam sign commercial treaty   

1833  On March - 20 henry Southwick Perkins, composer   

1834  On March - 20 charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909)   

1846  On March - 20 auguste Bender, writer   

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1469  On March - 20 birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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

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

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  On March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.   

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

1191  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45