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Henry Hudson Sets Sail
Mar 25 Henry Hudson embarks on an attempt to find northwest passage to Asia for Dutch East India Company - explores North America instead
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 16 Michael Franck, German composer, poet. and baker, born in Schleusingen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1667) [1]
- Mar 18 Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway (1648-70), born in Haderslev, Denmark (d. 1670)
- Mar 22 John II Casimir Vasa [Jan Kazimierz], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1648-68), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1672)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 25 Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)
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