What happened on March 20

48 documented historical events happened on March 20, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Dutch East India Company, the first company to issue stock, was established. On the same day, in another year: Following the death of Pope Innocent XIII, a papal conclave convened in Rome to elect a new pope. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on March 20, including Dinos Christianopoulos, Lateef Adegbite, George Altman. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

105 people with a Wikipedia article died on March 20, including Cuthbert, Wulfram of Sens, Alfonso II of Asturias. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

18 observances are celebrated on March 20 around the world: Christian feast day: Alexandra, Christian feast day: Blessed John of Parma, Christian feast day: Clement of Ireland, Christian feast day: Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Christian feast day: Herbert of Derwentwater, Christian feast day: John of Nepomuk. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.