Events & Holidays In March - 14

Constitution Day (Andorra)

Day of Solidarity with South Lebanon (Lebanon)

Pi Day (United States of America)

Señor del Cautivo (Peru)

The Summer Day (Dita e Verës) (Albania)

White Day (Japan)

World Book Day (International)

1623  On this day in history birth of adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer  

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)  

1681  On this day in history birth of georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer  

1692  On this day in history birth of peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)  

1726  On this day in history birth of josef Antonin Stepan, composer  

1727  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1755  Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer was born on this day in history.  

1782  On this day in history birth of thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"  

0840  Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

0968  Death of Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895) on this day in history.  

1272  Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies on this day in history.  

1298  Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies on this day in history.  

1457  On this day in history death of jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)  

1490  On this day in history charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21  

1559  On this day in history death of jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed  

1573  Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies on this day in history.