Events in History Mar 7 Massachusetts establishes 1st two-chamber legislature in colonies Mar 14 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) Mar 19 200 members of Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor Mar 31 Pope Urbanus VIII and Duke of Parma sign Peace of Ferrara Birthdays in History Mar 20 Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) Deaths in History Mar 5 Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, dies at 73 Mar 24 Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland, dies at 32 1643 Pure History by Year 1645 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists