March 20

• March 20, 1413
  Henry IV, King of England, dies in the house of the Abbot of Westminster and is succeeded by Henry V
• March 20, 1602
  The Dutch East India Company, a powerful company, possessing quasi-governmental powers, is chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to carry out trade and colonial activities in Asia
• March 20, 1727
  Sir Isaac Newton, physicist, mathematician and astronomer, dies in London
• March 20, 1739
  In India, Nader Shah of Persia defeats the Mughals at the Battle of Delhi, then occupies and sacks Delhi taking possession of the Peacock Throne, a famous jeweled throne of the Mughal emperors
• March 20, 1760
  Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
• March 20, 1799
  Napoleon Bonaparte begins the siege of Acre defended by Turks, which becomes the turning point of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and Syria
• March 20, 1815
  Napoleon Bonaparte with his veterans enters Paris after escape from imprisonment on the island of Elba, beginning his Hundred Days rule
• March 20, 1848
  King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates in favour of his eldest son Maximilian, with beginning of revolutions in the German states
• March 20, 1852
  Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a novel based on the theme that slavery is incompatible with Christianity, is first published in book form after being serialized
• March 20, 1854
  The Republican Party is founded when former members of the Whig political party met to establish a new political party that would oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories
• March 20, 1890
  Young German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
• March 20, 1964
  European Space Research Organization is established by 10 European nations for scientific research in space
• March 20, 1995
  Members of the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult release sarin gas on five separate railway trains in Tokyo, killing 12 and injuring 4700