Events & Holidays In March - 24

Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)

National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)

1188  On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)   

1628  On this day in history birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.   

1396  On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.   

1455  On this day in history nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies