Events in History
- Mar 20 Akō incident: 46 of the 47 surviving Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death in Edo
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Robert Hooke
Mar 3 Robert Hooke, English scientific genius (Micrographia), dies at 67
- Mar 20 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
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