Events & Holidays In March - 22

Arab League Day (Syria)

Day of the People's Party (Laos)

Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico)

Nauryz Meyrami (Traditional Spring Holiday) (Kazakhstan)

North American Wildlife Celebration (United States of America)

Novruz Bayram (Azerbaijan)

World Day for Water (International)

0841  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on this day in history.   

1212  Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) was born on this day in history.   

1366  On this day in history birth of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)   

1459  On this day in history birth of maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria   

1503  On this day in history birth of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)   

1599  On this day in history birth of anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)   

1609  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) was born on this day in history.   

1663  August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727) was born on this day in history.   

0337  Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1322  Death of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278) on this day in history.   

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on this day in history.   

1421  On this day in history death of thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)   

1471  George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies on this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)   

1589  Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history death of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)