Historical Events
Union of the Crowns
Mar 24 Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns
Tokugawa Shogunate Established
Mar 24 Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun, officially establishing the Tokugawa Shogunate which would rule Japan until 1867
- Mar 30 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 18 Simon Bradstreet, Massachusetts Bay colonist (d. 1693)
Famous Deaths
Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Mar 24 Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) and daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, dies at 69
- Mar 25 Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)
