Historical Events Mar 11 Archduke Albrecht occupies Amiens, France Mar 12 England sends troops to Amiens Famous Birthdays Mar 1 Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652) Famous Deaths Mar 10 Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies 1596 History by Year 1598 What Happened in 1597 26 Martyrs of Japan Executed February 5, 1597