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03/20/0141
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6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Type: Event
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03/20/0842
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Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1191
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Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1345
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Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
Type: Event
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03/20/1351
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Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1393
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Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
Type: Death
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03/20/1415
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Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45
Type: Death
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03/20/1501
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Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
Type: Death
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03/20/1525
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Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
Type: Event
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03/20/1531
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Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
Type: Death
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03/20/1549
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Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded
Type: Death
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03/20/1568
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Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
Type: Death
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03/20/1569
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Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the C
Type: Event
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03/20/1598
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French king Henri IV and duke van Mercour sign treaty
Type: Event
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03/20/1602
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United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
Type: Event
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03/20/1616
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Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
Type: Event
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03/20/1617
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Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
Type: Death
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03/20/1619
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Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1627
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France and Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
Type: Event
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03/20/1634
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Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1646
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Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
Type: Death
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03/20/1680
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Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1697
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Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
Type: Event
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03/20/1703
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Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1725
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Abdl-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1727
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Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84
Type: Death
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03/20/1728
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Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist
Type: Birth
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03/20/1739
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Eligio Celestino, composer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1750
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Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1751
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Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies
Type: Death
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03/20/1757
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Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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03/20/1760
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Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
Type: Event
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03/20/1767
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Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87
Type: Death
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03/20/1770
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Johann Friedrich Hlderlin, Tbingen Germany, poet (Der Rhein)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1774
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John Braham, composer
Type: Birth
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03/20/1800
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French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo
Type: Event
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03/20/1804
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Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
Type: Birth
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03/20/1804
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Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47
Type: Death
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03/20/1811
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Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son/King of Rome
Type: Birth
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03/20/1811
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George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1812
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Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
Type: Death
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03/20/1812
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George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
Type: Birth
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03/20/1813
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Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1814
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Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands
Type: Event
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03/20/1815
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Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule
Type: Event
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03/20/1816
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US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions
Type: Event
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03/20/1820
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Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania
Type: Birth
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03/20/1823
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John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
Type: Birth
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03/20/1825
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William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army)
Type: Birth
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03/20/1826
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Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor
Type: Birth
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