March 20 in history: • 1602 – The Dutch East India Company, the first company to issue stock, was established. → go there • 1854 – The Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, by politicians opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States. → go there • 1890 – Emperor Wilhelm II dismissed Otto von Bismarck as the chancellor of the German Empire. → go there • 1926 – Chiang Kai-shek initiated a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou, China. → go there • 2010 – Eyjafjallajökull (pictured) in Iceland began a series of volcanic events, later disrupting air travel across Europe. → go there Died 1730: Adrienne Lecouvreur Wiki link Died 1945: Maria Lacerda de Moura Wiki link Born 1976: Chester Bennington Wiki link Born 2001: Trevor Zegras Wiki link Pictured: Eyjafjallajökull.