This day in History - March 3

501 Historic Events for March 3
78 Event Origin of Saka Era (India)
468 Event St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
493 Event Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
561 Death Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies
1191 Death Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52
1409 Event Austrian civil war ends
1431 Event Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV
1459 Death Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies
1500 Birth Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"
1554 Death Johan F de Greatmoedige, ruler of Saxon, dies
1554 Death Johan Frederik, the Generous, elector of Saxon (1532-47), dies at 50
1580 Death Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies
1583 Birth Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher
1589 Birth Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist
1606 Birth Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)
1627 Event Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
1634 Event 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)
1635 Death Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies
1638 Event Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
1652 Birth Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)
1703 Death Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London
1705 Birth Michael Schevenstuhl, composer
1706 Death Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52
1707 Death Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88
1717 Death Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75