Mar 3 The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
Famous Birthdays
Mar 5 Johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
Mar 13 Federico Cesi, Italian naturalist and founder of the first modern scientific society, the Accademia dei Lincei, 1603, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1630)
Mar 16 Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
Famous Deaths
Mar 10 Rembert Dodoens [Rembert Van Joenckema], Flemish physician and botanist, dies at 67