Events & Holidays In March - 20

Independence Day (Tunisia)

Legba Zaou (Haiti)

Petroleum Day (Iran)

World Frog Day (International)

Abolition Day (Puerto Rico)

1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.  

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.  

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.  

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.  

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history.  

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.  

1191  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies  

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on this day in history.  

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on this day in history.  

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.  

1413  On this day in history death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.