March 20 Major Events in World History

1616

Sir Walter Raleigh is released from the Tower of London on 20 March 1616 after 13 years’ imprisonment, briefly regaining royal favor in an England transitioning from Elizabeth to James I.

1760

The Great Boston Fire of 1760 devastates Boston on 20 March 1760, destroying approximately 349 buildings in the worst urban fire to date in colonial America.

1815

Napoleon Bonaparte enters Paris on 20 March 1815 after escaping from exile on Elba, rallying a new army of 140,000 and beginning his Hundred Days reign.