Events & Holidays In March - 27

Armed Forces Day (Myanmar / Burma)

Evacuation Day (Angola)

Mount Arafat Day (Kuwait)

Skyscraper Day (United States of America)

0972  On this day in history birth of king Robert II of France (d. 1031)   

1416  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history birth of everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer   

1627  Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

1665  Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau) was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735)   

1696  Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Eberlin, composer   

0710  Death of Rupert of Salzburg on this day in history.   

0922  On this day in history death of al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64   

0965  Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies on this day in history.   

0973  Death of Herman, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1378  On this day in history gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies   

1462  On this day in history death of vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)   

1472  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1482  On this day in history maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25