Birthdays in History Mar 13 Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), born in Spinazzola, Italy (d. 1700) Mar 28 Pieter de Groot, Dutch regent and diplomat (First Stadtholderless Period of the Dutch Republic), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1678) Deaths in History Mar 4 Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies Mar 6 Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns 1614 On This Day in History 1616