March-17

180 - Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius aka.Marcus Verus dies of the plague a.58 and his son Commodus becomes emperor.

432 - St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave.

455 - Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor.

461 - legend St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul.

659 - Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32.

1040 - England ?+ Harold Harefoot dies.

1040 - Harold, British King (1035-40), dies.

1190 - Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England.

1473 - James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513), is born.

1516 - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37.

1521 - Magelhaes lands on Homohon.

1521 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines.

1526 - French king Fran‡ois I freed from Spain.

1537 - French troops invade Flanders.

1565 - Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64.

1578 - Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension), is born.

1580 - Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam.

1581 - Johannes Marbach dies. Marbach championed Lutheranism in Strabourg and took an active role in the development of the Formula of Concord.

1588 - Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies.

1605 - Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34.

1628 - Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian, is born.

1640 - Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies.

1649 - Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71.

1653 - Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48.

1658 - Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered.

1664 - Georg Osterreich, composer, is born.

1672 - England declares war on Netherlands.

1675 - Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer, is born.

1680 - Fran‡ois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies.

1685 - Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter, is born.

1704 - Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63.

1722 - Willem KH Friso appointed mayor of Drente.

1746 - Jan David Holland, composer, is born.

1753 - 1st official St Patrick's Day.

1755 - Transylvania Land Co buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief.

1756 - St Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown & Thistle Tavern.

1757 - Prince Mas Sa‹d of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java.

1762 - 1st St Patrick's Day parade in NYC.

1764 - George Parker, English astronomer, dies.

1766 - Britain repeals Stamp Act.

1776 - British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War.

1777 - Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec), is born.

1780 - Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47), is born.

1781 - Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies, is born.

1787 - George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law), is born.

1789 - Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock), is born.

1796 - Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41.