Page 2: Historical Events In March - 20

1739  On this day in history nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.   

1739  Eligio Celestino, composer on this day in history.   

1750  Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus) on March - 20.   

1751  On this day in history frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1767  On this day in history firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87   

1774  John Braham, composer on March - 20.   

1780  On this day in history sir Benjamin Truman   

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

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 this day in history.   

1804  Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on this day in history.   

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on March - 20.   

1811  On March - 20 george Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)   

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

1812  On March - 20 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  On March - 20 napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule   

1816  US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions on this day in history.   

1820  On March - 20 alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania   

1823  On March - 20 john Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1825  On this day in history william Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

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

1828  The birth of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and poet on this day in history.   

1828  Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) on March - 20.   

1829  Charles Albert White, composer on this day in history.   

1830  Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 on this day in history.   

1833  US &Siam conclude commercial treaty on March - 20.   

1833  US & Siam sign commercial treaty on March - 20.   

1833  Henry Southwick Perkins, composer on this day in history.   

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

1846  On this day in history auguste Bender, writer   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

1728  On March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist   

0687  On March - 20 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  On this day in history death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1351  On March - 20 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 March - 20.