Events & Holidays In March - 24

Covenant Day (Northern Marianas)

National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)

1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.  

1441  On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)  

1494  On this day in history birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)  

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.  

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.  

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

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.  

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

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

1284  On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus  

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

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.  

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies  

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

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55  

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