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  Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of august Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)  

0337  On this day in history constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47  

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

1418  On this day in history death of dietrich of Nieheim, German historian  

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

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  On this day in history lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67  

1602  Death of Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557) on this day in history.