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  On this day in history birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)  

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

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on this day in history.  

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on this day in history.  

1725  On this day in history birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)  

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

0222  On this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½  

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

0859  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on this day in history.  

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  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on this day in history.  

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

1602  On this day in history death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer