Events & Holidays In March - 18

Marien Ngouabi Day (Congo (Republic of))

Men's Day (Mongolia)

National Flag & Anthem Day (Aruba)

Soldier's Day (Mongolia)

Anniversary of the death of President Said Mohamed Cheikh (Comoros)

1380  On this day in history birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

1395  On this day in history birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  On this day in history birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

1548  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  On this day in history birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1590  On this day in history birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On this day in history birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.   

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.   

1314  On this day in history jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

1583  On this day in history death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)   

1584  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53