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Mar
4

On This Day

60 events  ·  156 deaths  ·  387 births

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Year 306

Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.

Year 852

Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.

Year 932

Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.

Year 1152

Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.

Year 1238

The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'.

Year 1351

Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.

Year 1386

Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.

Year 1461

Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.

Year 1493

Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.

Year 1519

Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.

Birthdays on 4 March 387

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Liu Zhiyuan
Liu Zhiyuan
b. 895 – d. 948
Liu Zhiyuan, Shatuo founder of the Later Han dynasty (b. 895)
Blanche of Castile
Blanche of Castile
b. 1188 – d. 1252
Blanche of Castile (d. 1252)
Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry the Navigator
b. 1394 – d. 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (d. 1460)
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
b. 1484 – d. 1543
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1543)
Francesco de Layolle
Francesco de Layolle
b. 1492 – d. 1540
Francesco de Layolle, Italian organist and composer (d. 1540)
Elisabeth of Hesse, Hereditary Princess of Saxony
Elisabeth of Hesse, Hereditary Princess of Saxony
b. 1502 – d. 1557
Elisabeth of Hesse, Hereditary Princess of Saxony (d. 1557)
Hindal Mirza
Hindal Mirza
b. 1519 – d. 1551
Hindal Mirza, Mughal Empire emperor (d. 1551)
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
b. 1526 – d. 1596
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (b. 1526)
Kanō Tan'yū
Kanō Tan'yū
b. 1602 – d. 1674
Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
Kazimierz Łyszczyński
Kazimierz Łyszczyński
b. 1634 – d. 1689
Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish atheist and philosopher (b. 1634)
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
b. 1651 – d. 1716
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
Fra Galgario
Fra Galgario
b. 1655 – d. 1743
Fra Galgario, Italian painter (d. 1743)

Deaths on 4 March 156

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Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
d. 306
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, Christian martyrs
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Landry of Sées
d. 480
Landry of Sées, French bishop and saint
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Pope Pelagius I
d. 561
Pope Pelagius I
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
d. 934 (b. 873)
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 873)
Stephen III of Hungary
Stephen III of Hungary
d. 1172 (b. 1147)
Stephen III of Hungary (b. 1147)
Saladin
Saladin
d. 1193 (b. 1137)
Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Sultanate (b. 1137)
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland
d. 1238 (b. 1210)
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (d. 1238)
Yuri II of Vladimir
Yuri II of Vladimir
d. 1238 (b. 1189)
Yuri II of Vladimir (b. 1189)
Daniel of Moscow
Daniel of Moscow
d. 1303 (b. 1261)
Daniel of Moscow, Russian saint (b. 1261)
Jakub Świnka
Jakub Świnka
d. 1314
Jakub Świnka, Polish Catholic priest
Jeanne d'Évreux
Jeanne d'Évreux
d. 1371 (b. 1310)
Jeanne d'Évreux, queen consort of France (b. 1310)
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Thomas Usk
d. 1388
Thomas Usk, English author