Historical Events In March - 30
Monday, 16 February 2026
0239 -BC- inaugural recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 

0804 Liudger is recorded as becoming 1st bishop of Munster. 

0988 Arnulf II, count of Flanders (965-988), dies 

0988 Boudouin IV with the Beard is recorded as becoming earl of Flanders. 

1202 Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies. 

1222 Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint. 

1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force 

1296 Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England. 

1422 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple. 

1456 Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege. 

1474 Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland 

1486 Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury 

1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain 

1533 Henry VIII divorces his inaugural wife, Catherine of Aragon. 

1533 Thomas Cranmer is recorded as becoming archbishop of Canterbury. 

1533 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon. 

1547 Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52 

1603 Battle at Mellifont English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 

1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 

1644 Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve 1612-1676 defeats a large band of marauding Iroquois on the site of the Place d'Armes; aided by force of 30 settlers; they had massacred several habitant families 

1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia (1682-1725). 

1674 Jethro Tull, agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised. 

1681 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver. 

1687 Johann Balthasar Freisslich, composer 

1697 John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor. 

1719 John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music. 

1727 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace) 

1746 Francisco de Goya, Spanish artist is born 

1746 Francisco Jose de Goya, Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja) 

1750 John Stafford Smith, composer. 

1764 Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68 

1772 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer. 

1778 Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath 

1790 Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877 

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