Historical Events In March - 14

1489  The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice   

1558  Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor   

1559  Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands   

1559  Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Neth   

1590  Battle at Ivry French King Henri IV beats Catholic League   

1590  Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League   

1629  England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony   

1644  England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)   

1647  Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm   

1653  Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno   

1689  Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen   

1623  Adam-nicolas gascon: Composer   

1638  Johann georg gichtel: German mystic   

1681  Georg philipp telemann: Magdeburg germany, late baroque composer   

1692  Peter musschenbroek: Dutch physician/physicist (leyden jar)   

1726  Josef antonin stepan: Composer   

1727  Johann gottlieb goldberg: Composer   

1755  Pierre-louis couperin: Composer   

1782  Thomas hart benton: (rep), "old bullion"   

0840  Eginhard: French nobleman/biographer (vita karoli magni),   

0968  Matilda of ringelheim: German queen (c. 895)   

1272  Re enzo: Italian poet/son of emp frederik ii von hohenstaufen,   

1298  Petrus johannis olivi: South france theologist,   

1457  Jingtai emperor of china: Jingtai emperor of china (b. 1428)   

1490  Charles i: Duke of savoy,   

1559  Jacques d'auchy: Walloon baptist merchant, executed   

1573  Claude ii: Of lotharingen, duke of aumale/murdered adm coligny,