Historical Events In March - 20

1739  On March - 20 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  On this day in history martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)   

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on this day in history.   

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

1760  Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings on this day in history.   

1767  On March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87   

1774  On this day in history john Braham, composer   

1780  Sir Benjamin Truman on this day in history.   

1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, &advance to Cairo on March - 20.   

1800  French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo on March - 20.   

1804  On this day in history 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   

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

1804  On March - 20 ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47   

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  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1813  On March - 20 matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High)   

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  On March - 20 uS Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions   

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 this day in history.   

1826  Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor on March - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1829  On March - 20 charles Albert White, composer   

1830  Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 on March - 20.   

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 this day in history 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  On March - 20 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  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

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

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

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

0842  On March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

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  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.   

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

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

1415  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45