Monthly Archives: March 2010

March 31 – Events: 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian. 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of … Continue reading →

March 30 – Events: 240 BC – 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet. 1282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers. 1296 – Edward I sacks … Continue reading →

March 29 – Events:  1461 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England. 1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, first capital of Brazil, is … Continue reading →

March 28 – Events: 37 – Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the  Senate. 193 – Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to … Continue reading →

March 27 – Events: 1329 – Pope John XXII issues his ‘In Agro Dominico’ condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. 1513 (not 1512 as often cited) – Explorer Juan Ponce de León sights North America (specifically Florida) for … Continue reading →

March 26 – Events: 1026 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. 1199 – Richard the Lionheart is fatally wounded by a crossbow bolt during a siege in France, he dies eleven days later. The marksman, … Continue reading →

March 25 – Events: 1199 – Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6th. 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland. 1409 – The Council of Pisa … Continue reading →

March 24 – Events: 1401 – Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 – James VI of Scotland also becomes James I King of England. 1731 – An Act to naturalize Hieronimus De Salis Esquire, passed. 1765 – American Revolutionary War: … Continue reading →

 March 23 – Events: 1174 – Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow. 1568 – Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de’ Medici and Charles IX of France make substantial concessions … Continue reading →

March 22 – Events: 238 – Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors. 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. 1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill … Continue reading →