Historical Events In March - 28

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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1468  On March - 28 birth of charles I, Duke of Savoy   

1472  On March - 28 birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter   

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)   

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on March - 28.   

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on March - 28.   

1592  Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer was born on March - 28.   

0193  Death of Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated on this day in history.   

0593  Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 on March - 28.   

1072  On this day in history death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony   

1134  On this day in history stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies   

1239  Death of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) on March - 28.   

1285  On this day in history martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies   

1563  On March - 28 death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

1566  On this day in history siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79