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Events on 20 March 42

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Year 235

Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed emperor.

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Year 673

Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.

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Year 1206

Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

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Year 1600

The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.

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Year 1602

The Dutch East India Company is established.

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Year 1616

Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.

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Year 1760

The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.

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Year 1815

After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

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Year 1848

Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.

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Year 1852

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 52

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇦🇱 Albania · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇩🇿 Algeria · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Eid al-Fitr (estimated); Spring Festival

🇧🇭 Bahrain · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇧🇯 Benin · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇧🇳 Brunei · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇧🇮 Burundi · Eid ul Fitr (estimated)

🇨🇲 Cameroon · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇹🇩 Chad · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire · Eid al-Fitr

🇩🇯 Djibouti · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇪🇬 Egypt · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇬🇦 Gabon · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇬🇭 Ghana · Eid ul-Fitr (estimated)

🇬🇳 Guinea · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇮🇳 India · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇮🇩 Indonesia · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇮🇷 Iran · Eid al-Fitr (estimated); Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Day

🇯🇵 Japan · Vernal Equinox Day

🇯🇴 Jordan · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇰🇪 Kenya · Eid-al-Fitr (estimated)

🇰🇼 Kuwait · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Orozo Ait (estimated)

🇲🇾 Malaysia · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇲🇻 Maldives · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇲🇷 Mauritania · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇲🇦 Morocco · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇳🇵 Nepal · Id-ul-Fitr (estimated)

🇳🇪 Niger · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇳🇬 Nigeria · Eid-el-Fitr (estimated)

🇲🇰 North Macedonia · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇴🇲 Oman · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇵🇭 Philippines · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇶🇦 Qatar · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)

🇸🇳 Senegal · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇸🇷 Suriname · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇹🇿 Tanzania · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇹🇱 Timor-Leste · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇹🇬 Togo · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇹🇳 Tunisia · Eid al-Fitr (estimated); Independence Day

🇹🇷 Turkey · Eid al-Fitr

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

🇾🇪 Yemen · Eid al-Fitr (estimated)

Birthdays on 20 March 213

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Wareru

b. 1253

Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (b. a commoner; d. on a Saturday in January 1307)

Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke

b. 1319 – d. 1348

Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1348)

Cecily of York

b. 1469 – d. 1507

Cecily of York, English princess (b. 1469)

Jerome Emser

b. 1477 – d. 1527

Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (d. 1527)

Ippolito d'Este

b. 1479 – d. 1520

Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (d. 1520)

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Pierino Belli

b. 1502 – d. 1575

Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)

Juan de Ribera

b. 1532 – d. 1611

Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1611)

Anne Bradstreet

b. 1612 – d. 1672

Anne Bradstreet, English poet (b. 1612)

Dara Shikoh

b. 1615 – d. 1659

Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (d. 1659)

Ivan Mazepa

b. 1639 – d. 1709

Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639)

Abdul Hamid I

b. 1725 – d. 1789

Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)

Rama I

b. 1737 – d. 1809

Rama I, Thai king (d. 1809)

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Deaths on 20 March 90

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Cuthbert

d. 687 (b. 634)

Cuthbert, Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (b. 634)

Wulfram of Sens

d. 703

Wulfram, archbishop of Sens

Alfonso II of Asturias

d. 842 (b. 759)

Alfonso II, king of Asturias (Spain) (b. 759)

Ebbo

d. 851

Ebbo, archbishop of Reims

Taira no Kiyomori

d. 1181 (b. 1118)

Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general (b. 1118)

Pope Clement III

d. 1191 (b. 1130)

Pope Clement III (b. 1130)

Hermann von Salza

d. 1239 (b. 1179)

Hermann von Salza, German knight and diplomat (b. 1179)

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Ralph Walpole

d. 1302

Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Norwich

Muhammad bin Tughluq

d. 1351

Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi

Henry IV of England

d. 1413 (b. 1367)

Henry IV of England (d. 1413)

Sigismund I of Lithuania

d. 1440

Sigismund I of Lithuania

Georges Chastellain

d. 1475

Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet

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