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  On this day in history birth of antonio Squarcialupi, composer  

1554  Everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735)  

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

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Eberlin, composer  

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

0922  On this day in history death of al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64  

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  Death of Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415) on this day in history.  

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

1482  Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25 on this day in history.