Events & Holidays In March - 12

Arbor Day (China Taiwan)

Crown Princess' Nameday (Sweden)

Employee Day (United States of America)

Girl Scout Day (United States of America)

Independence Day (Mauritius)

Moshoeshoe's Day (Lesotho)

Renovation Day (Gabon)

Youth Day (Zambia)

1270  On this day in history birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)   

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on this day in history.   

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history birth of caspar Othmayr, composer   

1607  On this day in history birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

1613  On this day in history birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

0417  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies   

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on this day in history.   

1289  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on this day in history.   

1374  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)   

1447  On this day in history death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1496  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies