Events in History 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 Birthdays in History Mar 31 Andrew Marvell, English poet (To His Coy Mistress), born in Winestead, England (d. 1678) Deaths in History Mar 31 Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621), dies at 42 1620 On This Day in History 1622