This day in History - March 19

399 Historic Events for March 19
1227 Event Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX
1263 Death Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies
1452 Event Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor
1503 Birth Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)
1524 Event Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas
1540 Event Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"
1556 Death Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70
1563 Event Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots
1571 Event Spanish troops occupy Manila
1589 Birth William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)
1593 Birth Georges de la Tour, French painter
1601 Birth Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)
1604 Birth Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)
1610 Birth Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter
1628 Event Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen
1629 Birth Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
1635 Death Pieter Christiaensz Bor, Dutch historian, dies
1638 Death Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66
1644 Death Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide
1644 Event 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide
1673 Birth Pedro Vaz Rego, composer
1682 Event Nationally Council accept independence of French church
1687 Death Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, Fren explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43
1702 Death Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51
1702 Event James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England