415 Historic Events for March 20
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| 141 |
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6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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| 842 |
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Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies
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| 1191 |
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Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies
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| 1345 |
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Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
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| 1351 |
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Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
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| 1393 |
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Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
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| 1415 |
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Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45
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| 1501 |
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Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
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| 1525 |
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Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
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| 1531 |
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Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
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| 1549 |
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Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded
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| 1568 |
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Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
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| 1569 |
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Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the C‚
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| 1598 |
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French king Henri IV and duke van Mercour sign treaty
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| 1602 |
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United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
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| 1616 |
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Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
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| 1617 |
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Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
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| 1619 |
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Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies
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| 1627 |
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France and Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
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| 1634 |
Birth |
Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)
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| 1646 |
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Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
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| 1680 |
Birth |
Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
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| 1697 |
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Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
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| 1703 |
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Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
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| 1725 |
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Abdl-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89)
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