March 20
Day of the year
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- March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 286 days remain until the end of the year.
- 1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
- 1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
- 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.
- 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
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WikipediaMarch 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 286 days remain until the end of the year.
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