Events & Holidays In March - 25

Anniversary of the Arengo (San Marino)

Annunciation (Greece Haiti Romania)

Commemoration Day of victims of the Communist Terror (Latvia)

Independence Day (Greece)

Lady Day (United Kingdom)

Maryland Day (United States of America)

The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin (Bulgaria)

Waffle Day (Sweden)

1133  On this day in history birth of henry II, King of England (1154-89)   

1252  On this day in history birth of konradijn Hohenstaufen, [Koenrad van Zwaben], son of Konrad IV   

1252  On this day in history birth of conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)   

1259  On this day in history birth of andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)   

1297  Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

1297  Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

1345  Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.   

1347  On this day in history birth of catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)   

1223  Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281) on this day in history.   

1458  Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies on this day in history.   

1510  Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history death of marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer   

1561  On this day in history death of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)   

1603  On this day in history death of ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)   

1609  On this day in history death of olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)