Historical Events In March - 04

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

0251  Pope Lucius I on March - 04.  

0303  On March - 04 martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.  

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

0852  On this day in history 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  On March - 04 frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German king  

1172  Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies on March - 04.  

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

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.  

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1351  On this day in history ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.  

1386  Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) was crowned King of Poland on March - 04.  

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

1461  Battle at Towton Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England on March - 04.  

1461  Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England on March - 04.  

1484  Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 on this day in history.  

1492  On March - 04 king James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England.  

1492  On this day in history francesco de Layolle, composer  

1540  On March - 04 protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife  

1570  King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students on this day in history.  

1590  Mauritius of Nassau's ship reaches Breda on this day in history.  

1595  On this day in history robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest  

1611  On March - 04 george Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury  

1615  On this day in history hans von Aachen, German painter, dies  

1617  On March - 04 arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70  

1621  Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia on March - 04.  

1634  Proprietor Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston on March - 04.  

1651  On March - 04 john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)  

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

1675  On this day in history john Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England  

1675  John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England on March - 04.  

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

1678  On March - 04 antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)  

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

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

1610  William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646) was born on March - 04.  

1651  John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) was born on this day in history.  

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on March - 04.  

1678  On March - 04 birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)  

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

0251  Death of Pope Lucius I on this day in history.  

0480  Death of Saint Landry, bishop of Sées on March - 04.  

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

1193  Death of Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on March - 04.  

1238  Death of Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210) on this day in history.  

1303  Death of Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261) on March - 04.  

1484  Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 on this day in history.  

1496  On this day in history death of sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)