Events & Holidays In March - 24

Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)

National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)

1188  On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I  

1441  On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)  

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.  

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.  

1628  On this day in history birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)  

1630  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal  

1657  On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)  

1693  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)  

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.  

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.  

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.  

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.  

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55  

1558  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies