Famous Birthdays
- Mar 2 Adrian VI [Adriaan F Boeyens], Dutch Pope (1522-23) last non-Italian pope for 455 years, born in Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1523)
- Mar 6 Jacob Fugger 'Fugger the Rich', German banker and merchant (so rich he financed kings and influenced politics), born in Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1525)
Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519)
Mar 22 Holy Roman Emperor (1508-19, established Hapsburg dynasty in Spain), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Famous Deaths
- Mar 3 Ausiàs March, Catalan poet of Valencian literature, dies at 59
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