SANDRA SKANDERLIĆ

MARCH 1

1131. Died Stephen II., King of Hungary

1432. Born Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal

1445. Born Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter

1449. Born Lorenzo de’Medici, Italian statesman

1456. Born King Ladislaus II. of Bohemia and Hungary

1683. Born Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II. of Great Britain

1792. Died Leopold II., Holy Roman Emperor

MARCH 2

1316. Born Robert II. of Scotland

1459. Born Pope Adrian VI.

1810. Born Pope Leo XIII.

1876. Born Pope Pius XII.

MARCH 3

1455. Born King John II. of Portugal

1520. Born Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer

1554. Died John Frederick Elector of Saxony

1778. Born Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover

MARCH 4

251. Died Pope Lucius I.

561. Died Pope Pelagius I.

852. Croatian Duke Trpimir I. issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources

1152. Frederick I. Barbarossa is elected King of Germans

1172. Died Stephen III. of Hungary

1188. Born Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII. of France

 

MARCH 5

1133. Born King Henry of England

1324. Born King David II. of Scotland

1326. Born Louis I. of Hungary

1585. Born John George I., Elector of Saxony

1723. Born Princess Mary of Great Britain

MARCH 6

1252. Died Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint

1405. Born King John II. of Castile

1475. Born Michelangelo, Italian artist

1817. Born Princess Clémentine of Orléans

MARCH 7

322 BC Died Aristotle, Greek philosopher

161. Died Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor

189. Born Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor

1693. Born Pope Clement XIII.

1724. Died Pope Innocent XIII.

MARCH 8

1144. Died Pope Celestine II.

1286. Born John III., Duke of Brittany

1293. Born Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal

1702. Died William III. of England

1844. Died Charles XIV. John of Sweden

MARCH 9

1213. Born Hugh IV., Duke of Burgundy

1566. Died David Rizzio, secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots

1629. Born Tsar Alexis I. of Russia

1661. Died Jules Mazarin, French cardinal and statesman

1888. Died William I. German Emperor

MARCH 10

1391. Died Tvrtko I., first king of Bosnia

1452. Born Ferdinand II. of Aragon

1503. Born Ferdinand I., Holy Roman Emperor

1776. Born Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia

MARCH 11

222. Died Elagabalus, Roman Emperor

1486. Died Albert III., Margrave of Brandenburg

1575. Died Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer

1801. Died Paul I., Russian tsar

1899. Born Frederick IX. of Denmark, Danish King

MARCH 12

604. Died Pope Gregory I.

1478. Born Giuliano di Lorenzo de’Medici, ruler of Florence

1507. Died Cesare Borgia, Italian general and statesman

1781. Born Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden

1790. Died Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general

MARCH 13

1516. Died King Ladislaus II. of Bohemia and Hungary

1615. Born Pope Innocent XII.

1741. Born Joseph II., Holy Roman Emperor

1767. Died Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France

1808. Died King Christian VII. of Denmark

1881. Died Tsar Alexander II. of Russia

MARCH 14

752. Died Pope Zachary

968. Died Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen

1647. Died Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange

1807. Born Josephine of Leuchtenberg, queen of Sweden and Norway

1844. Born King Umberto I. of Italy

MARCH 15

44 BC Died Julius Caesar

938. Born Romanos II., Byzantine emperor

1145. Died Pope Lucius II.

1493. Born Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France

1644. Died Louise Julian of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia

MARCH 16

37. Died Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar, Roman Emperor

455. Died Valentinian III., Western Roman Emperor

1021. Died Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne

1457. Died László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and Warrior

1473. Born Henry IV. the Pious, Duke of Saxony

1687. Born Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia

1878. Born Clemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal

MARCH 17

45. BC Died Titus Labienus, Roman leader

180. Died Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor

1473. Born King James IV. of Scotland

1516. Died Giuliano di Lorenzo de’Medici, ruler of Florence

1849. Died William II. of Netherlands

MARCH 18

1227. Died Pope Honorius III.

1314. Died Jacques DeMolay, Grand Master of the Knight Templar

1584. Died Tsar Ivan IV. of Russia

1746. Died Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia

MARCH 19

1238. Died Duke Henry I. of Poland

1286. Died King Alexander III. of Scotland

1637. Died Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman

1721. Died Pope Clement XI.

1821. Born Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria

MARCH 20

1413. Died King Henry IV. of England

1568. Died Duke Albert of Prussia

1619. Died Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

1725. Born Abdul Hamid I., Ottoman Sultan

1811. Born Napoleon II. of France

MARCH 21

1076. Died Robert I., Duke of Burgundy

1306. Died Robert II., Duke of Burgundy

1521. Born Maurice, Elector of Saxony

1556. Died Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

1685. Born Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer

1801. Born Maria Theresa of Tuscany, Queen of Sardinia

MARCH 22

875. Born William I., Duke of Aquitaine

1459. Born Maximillian I., Holy Roman Emperor

1609. Born King John II. Casimir of Poland

1759. Born Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway

1797. Born King Wilhelm I. of Germany

1955. Died Ivan Šubašić, last ban of Croatia

MARCH 23

1103. Died Eudes I., Duke of Burgundy

1369. Died King Pedro of Castile

1429. Born Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI. of England

1555. Died Pope Julius III.

1801. Died Tsar Paul of Russia

MARCH 24

1381. Died Saint Catharine, Swedish saint

1455. Died Pope Nicholas V.

1494. Born Georg Agricola, German scientist

1603. Died Queen Elizabeth I. of England

1628. Born Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway

MARCH 25

1223. Died Alfonso II. of Portugal

1259. Born Andronikos II. Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor

1297. Born Andronicus III. Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor

1347. Born Catherine of Siena, Italian saint

1479. Born Vasili III., Grand Prince of Moscow

1541. Born Francesco I. de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

1751. Died Frederick I. of Sweden

MARCH 26

1026. Pope John XIX. crowns Conrad II. as Holy Roman Emperor

1212. Died Sancho I., King of Portugal

1554. Born Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne

1827. Died Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist

MARCH 27

972. Born King Robert II. of France

1191. Died Pope Clement III.

1350. Died King Alfonso XI. of Castile

1378. Died Pope Gregory XI.

1625. Died King James I. of England and Ireland, James VI. of Scotland

1676. Born Francis II. Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg

1785. Born King Louis XVII. of France

MARCH 28

193. Died Pertinax, Roman Emperor

1285. Died Pope Martin IV.

1515. Born Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun

1566. Died Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian

1569. Born Ranuccio I. Farnese, Duke of Parma

1609. Born King Frederick III. of Denmark

MARCH 29

1058. Died Pope Stephen IX.

1578. Died Louis I. of Guise, French cardinal

1792. Died King Gustav III. of Sweden

1906. Died Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter

MARCH 30

1432. Born Mehmed II., Ottoman Sultan

1486. Died Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury

1540. Died Matthaus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman

1587. Died Ralph Sadler, English statesman

MARCH 31

250. Born Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor

1204. Died Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England

1340. Died Ivan I. of Russia, Prince of Moscow

1360. Born Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal

1425. Born Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan

1499. Born Pope Pius IV.

1519. Born King Henry II. of France

1547. Died Francis I. of France

1567. Died Philipp I. of Hesse

1576. Born Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia

1621. Died Philip III. of Spain

1675. Born Pope Benedict XIV.

1718. Born Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, queen regent of Portugal

1723. Born King Frederick V. of Denmark

1371-1707

KING AND QUEEN OF SCOTLAND

Robert II of Scotland (early 1316-19 April 1390)

Robert III of Scotland (c. 1337.-4 April 1406)

James I of Scotland 10 December 1394-21 February 1437)

James II of Scotland (16 October 1430-3 August 1460)

James III of Scotland (10 July 1451-11 June 1488)

James IV of Scotland (17 March 1473-9 September 1513)

James V of Scotland (10 April 1512-14 December 1542)

Mary I of Scotland (8 December 1542-8 February 1587)

KING AND QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

James VI of Scotland and James I of England (19 June 1566-27 March 1625)

Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (19 November 1600-30 January 1649)

Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland (29 May 1630-6 February 1685)

James VII of Scotland and James II of England and Ireland (14 October 1633-16 September 1701)

Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland (30 April 1662-28 December 1694)

Anne of Great Britain and Ireland (6 February 1665-1 August 1714)