Historical Events
Magellan Discovers Guam
Mar 6 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan is the first European to sight Guam in the western Pacific
- Mar 16 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines, landing at Homonhon Island after crossing the Pacific Ocean
- Mar 31 First Mass held in the Philippines, generally believed to be on the Island of Limasawa in the Archipelago of St Lazarus by Ferdinand Magellan and 50 of his men. They take possession of the island the same day.
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 21 Maurice, Duke and later Elector of Saxony (1547-53), (d. 1553)
