Historical Events Battle in the Bay of São Salvador Mar 3 Dutch privateer Piet Heyn attacks and conquers 22 Portuguese ships in Bay of Salvador, Brazil Dutch Admiral and Privateer Piet Heyn Mar 20 France & Spain sign accord for fighting protestantism Events in 1627 Famous Birthdays Mar 27 Stephen Fox, English politician, born in Farley, Wiltshire (d. 1716) Born in 1627 Famous Deaths Mar 6 Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580) Mar 22 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81 Feb 1627 History by Year Apr 1627 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists