Historical Events In March - 14
Monday, 22 December 2025
0840 Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69 on this day in history. 

0968 Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895) on this day in history. 

1272 Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies on this day in history. 

1298 Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies on March - 14. 

1489 The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice on this day in history. 

1490 On this day in history charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21 

1558 Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor on March - 14. 

1559 On March - 14 storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands 

1559 On this day in history storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Neth 

1559 Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed on this day in history. 

1573 Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies on this day in history. 

1590 Battle at Ivry French King Henri IV beats Catholic League on March - 14. 

1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League on this day in history. 

1590 Philip van Egmont, general/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at 30 on this day in history. 

1612 On this day in history philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74 

1623 On March - 14 adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer 

1629 On March - 14 england granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony 

1644 On March - 14 england grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 

1647 Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm on this day in history. 

1647 Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1653 On this day in history johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno 

1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer on this day in history. 

1682 On this day in history jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53 

1689 On this day in history scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen 

1689 On this day in history scotland dismisses Willem III & Mary Stuart as king & queen 

1692 On March - 14 peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar) 

1726 On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer 

1727 On March - 14 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer 

1734 On March - 14 prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne 

1743 On March - 14 first American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) 

1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) on March - 14. 

1755 Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer on March - 14. 

1757 On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty on March - 14. 

1757 On March - 14 john Byng, English admiral (Minorca), executed at 52 

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