Historical Events
- Mar 8 Spanish official Diego Garcia de Palacio writes of his visit to ruins of Copan to King Philip II of Spain - 1st non-Indian to visit and report on a major Maya site
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 31 Louise Juliana of Nassau, countess consort of the Palatinate by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, born in Delft, Habsburg Netherlands (d. 1644)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 5 Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Spanish general and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70
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