Events & Holidays In March - 27

Armed Forces Day (Myanmar / Burma)

Evacuation Day (Angola)

Mount Arafat Day (Kuwait)

Skyscraper Day (United States of America)

0972  On this day in history birth of king Robert II of France (d. 1031)  

1416  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1554  On this day in history birth of everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer  

1627  On this day in history birth of stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)  

1665  On this day in history birth of benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau)  

1676  Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

1696  On this day in history birth of antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760)  

1702  Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer was born on this day in history.  

0710  Death of Rupert of Salzburg on this day in history.  

0922  Death of Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64 on this day in history.  

0965  Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies on this day in history.  

0973  Death of Herman, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.  

1378  Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies on this day in history.  

1462  On this day in history death of vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)  

1472  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1482  On this day in history maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25