What Happened in March 1584

Historical Events

Raleigh's Royal Charter

Mar 25 English explorer Walter Raleigh granted seven-year royal charter by Elizabeth I to explore and colonize North America, after Humphrey Gilbert's death at sea

Queen of England and Ireland Elizabeth I

Famous Birthdays

Mar 29 Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general, born in Yorkshire (d. 1648)

Born in 1584

Famous Deaths

Mar 5 John Killigrew, English aristocrat and notorious pirate (Pendennis Castle, appointed to investigate piracy by Elizabeth I), dies [1]
Mar 10 Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532)