Events & Holidays In March - 18

Marien Ngouabi Day (Congo (Republic of))

Men's Day (Mongolia)

National Flag & Anthem Day (Aruba)

Soldier's Day (Mongolia)

Anniversary of the death of President Said Mohamed Cheikh (Comoros)

1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.  

1395  On this day in history birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)  

1496  On this day in history birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)  

1548  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet  

1556  On this day in history birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant  

1578  On this day in history birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized  

1590  On this day in history birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)  

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.  

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.  

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.  

1227  On this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies  

1314  On this day in history jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies  

1493  On this day in history john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82  

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on this day in history.  

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on this day in history.  

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.