Events & Holidays In March - 11

Commonwealth Day (Tuvalu)

Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood (Lithuania)

1544  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)  

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on this day in history.  

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

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1731  On this day in history birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)  

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

1198  Death of Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145) on this day in history.  

1486  Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on this day in history.  

1575  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on this day in history.  

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