Historical Events In March - 28
Friday, 13 March 2026
0037 Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 

0193 Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus. 

0193 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated. 

0364 Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor. 

0593 Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67. 

0845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving 

1072 Ordulf, Duke of Saxony 

1134 Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies. 

1285 Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies. 

1468 Charles I, Duke of Savoy. 

1472 Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter 

1483 Raphael,Italian painter, and architect. Rebuilt St Peters is born 

1483 Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens). 

1515 Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint. 

1535 Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed. 

1556 Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain. 

1566 Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79. 

1592 Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer. 

1615 Pieter de Groot, Dutch regent/diplomat 

1621 Heinrich Schwemmer, composer. 

1643 Jose Solana, composer. 

1660 George I, King of Great Britain is born 

1660 Arnold Houbraken, Dutch schilder/writer 

1673 Adam Pijnacker, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51. 

1677 Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69 

1687 Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at 90. 

1701 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75. 

1712 Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75 

1727 Maximilian III Jozef, Elector of Bayern (1745-77). 

1729 Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet) 

1737 Francesco Zannetti, composer 

1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 

1741 Johann Andre, composer 

1750 Francisco A G de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter. 

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