Historical Events In March - 04

0051  Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth) on March - 04.  

0251  Pope Lucius I on this day in history.  

0303  On this day in history martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.  

0480  On this day in history saint Landry, bishop of Sées  

0852  On March - 04 croatian Duke Trpimir I issued a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.  

0932  On March - 04 translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.  

1152  Frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German king on this day in history.  

1172  On this day in history stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies  

1215  On March - 04 king John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III.  

1238  On March - 04 the Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.  

1351  On March - 04 ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.  

1386  WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw II JagieÅ‚Å‚o (Jogaila) was crowned King of Poland on March - 04.  

1394  On March - 04 henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery  

1461  On this day in history battle at Towton Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England  

1461  Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England on this day in history.  

1484  On March - 04 kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25  

1492  On this day in history king James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England.  

1492  Francesco de Layolle, composer on March - 04.  

1540  Protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife on this day in history.  

1570  On this day in history king Philip II bans foreign Dutch students  

1590  Mauritius of Nassau's ship reaches Breda on March - 04.  

1595  Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest on this day in history.  

1611  On March - 04 george Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury  

1615  On March - 04 hans von Aachen, German painter, dies  

1617  Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1621  On March - 04 jacarta, Java renamed Batavia  

1634  On March - 04 proprietor Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston  

1651  John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) on March - 04.  

1665  On March - 04 english King Charles II declares war on Netherlands  

1675  John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England on March - 04.  

1675  John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England on this day in history.  

1678  On March - 04 the birth of Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer  

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) on this day in history.  

1681  On March - 04 king Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania  

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1188  On March - 04 birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)  

1394  Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery was born on this day in history.  

1492  On March - 04 birth of francesco de Layolle, composer  

1610  William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)  

1665  On March - 04 birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)  

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On March - 04 birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)  

0251  On this day in history death of pope Lucius I  

0480  On March - 04 death of saint Landry, bishop of Sées  

1172  On March - 04 stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies  

1193  On this day in history death of saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)  

1238  Death of Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210) on March - 04.  

1303  Death of Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261) on this day in history.  

1484  On March - 04 kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25  

1496  On March - 04 death of sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)