Historical Events Mar 4 Jacarta, Java, renamed Batavia Mar 7 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies Mar 16 Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts Mar 22 Dutch jurist Hugo de Groot (Hugo Grotius) escapes in book chest from Loevestein Castle in the Netherlands Famous Birthdays Mar 7 Georg Neumark, German composer and poet, born in Langensalza (d. 1681) Mar 28 Heinrich Schwemmer, German composer, born in Gumpertshausen bei Hallburg, Lower Franconia (d. 1696) Mar 31 Andrew Marvell, English poet (To His Coy Mistress), born in Winestead, England (d. 1678) Famous Deaths Mar 31 Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621), dies at 42 1620 History by Year 1622 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists
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