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What Happened in March 1578

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Historical Events

Dutch Rebellion

Mar 10 Queen Elizabeth I of England gives Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion

Queen of England and Ireland Elizabeth I

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 2 George Sandys, English colonist and poet, born in Bishopsthorpe, England (d. 1644)
  • Mar 17 Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Mary's Ascension), born in Bologna (d. 1660)
  • Mar 18 Adam Elsheimer, German painter, cartoonist and etcher, born in Frankfurt (d. 1610) [date baptized]
Born in 1578

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 7 Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, niece of Henry VIII and whose son married Mary Queen of Scots, dies at 62
  • Mar 29 Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)
  • Mar 29 Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527)
  • Mar 31 Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered

Historical Figures

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