Events & Holidays In March - 11

Commonwealth Day (Tuvalu)

Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood (Lithuania)

1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.  

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer  

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher  

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer  

1683  On this day in history birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer  

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.  

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on this day in history.  

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.  

0859  On this day in history death of eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr  

1198  On this day in history death of marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)  

1486  On this day in history albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71  

1514  On this day in history death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)  

1575  On this day in history death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)  

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.