Events & Holidays In March - 19

Battle of March (Dominican Republic)

San Jos (Peru)

St. Joseph's Day (International)

St., Joseph Expression de la juridiction Legba (Haiti)

1434  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)   

1488  On this day in history birth of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)   

1503  On this day in history birth of benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)   

1589  On this day in history birth of william Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)   

1593  Georges de la Tour, French painter was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)   

1604  Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history birth of hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter   

1238  Death of Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) on this day in history.   

1263  Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1279  On this day in history death of emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)   

1286  Death of King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241) on this day in history.   

1330  Death of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1406  On this day in history death of ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)   

1556  Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history death of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)