Historical Events Historic Publication Mar 1 Printing is completed of Erasmus' "Novum Instrumentum omne", first published New Testament in Greek Humanist and TheologianErasmus Famous Birthdays Mar 26 Conrad Gessner, Swiss physician and naturalist, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1565) Famous Deaths Mar 13 Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 Mar 17 Giuliano de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at 37 1515 History by Year 1517 What Happened in 1516 German Beer Purity Law April 23, 1516
