Historical Events In March - 10
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
0037 Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78. 

0241 -BC- Battle of Aegusa Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthagean ships 

0241 -BC- Battle of Aegusa: Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthagean ships 

0418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire. 

0483 Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies. 

1291 Arghun, Persian ruler. 

1452 Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews). 

1503 Ferdinand I, German emperor (1558-64) 

1526 Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal. 

1535 Bishop Tomés de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands. 

1538 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572) 

1546 Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 

1578 Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir £20000 to aid Dutch rebellion 

1585 Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at 67. 

1592 Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies 

1597 Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies 

1624 England declares war on Spain 

1628 Constantine Huygens Jr, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist 

1629 King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later. 

1656 Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician 

1661 French King Louis XIV ends office of premier 

1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 

1698 Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer. 

1700 Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer, dies at 61. 

1701 Johann Schelle, composer, dies at 52. 

1713 Christian Friedrich Schale, composer. 

1716 Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48. 

1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples 

1735 An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku 

1735 Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/gov-gen of E Indies, dies at about 46. 

1748 John Playfair, Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician 

1755 Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer 

1762 French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform. 

1771 Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian (Idea und Probe). 

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