Historical Events Victory in Battle Mar 3 Dutch privateer Piet Heyn attacks and conquers 22 Portuguese ships in Bay of Salvador, Brazil Dutch Admiral and Privateer Piet Heyn Mar 20 France & Spain sign accord for fighting protestantism Famous Birthdays Mar 27 Stephen Fox, English politician, born in Farley, Wiltshire (d. 1716) Famous Deaths Mar 6 Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580) Mar 22 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81 1626 History by Year 1628 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists