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March 7, 322 BC The Greek philosopher Aristotle died. 161, the emperor Antoninus Pius died peacefully of fever and was succeeded by his adopted sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. 238 Roman subjects in Africa revolted against Maximinus Thrax and elected Gordian I as emperor. 321 Emperor Constantine I decreed that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) was the day of rest in the Empire. 1111 Bohemond I of Tarente, leader of the First Crusade and a prince of Antioch, died. 1274 Thomas Aquinas died. 1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request was denied by the Pope, which prompted Henry to declare himself as supreme head of England's church.

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March 6, 1475 Michelangelo Buonarrotti was born. 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac was born. The real Cyrano was a soldier, duelist, dramatist and satirist, and inspired several romantic legends, the most famous of them Edmund Rostand's play.

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March 5,363 Roman Emperor Julian attacked the Sassanid (Persian) Empire with an army of 90,000in a campaign which would bring about his own death. 493 the German barbarian leader Odovacar (Odocacer), who had ended the Western Roman Empire in 476, was executed at age 59 by the Ostrogoths. 1133 King Henry II of England was born. 1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during the War of the Roses.

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March 4, 51 Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, was given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). 1152 Frederick Barbarossa was elected Holy Roman Emperor. 1193 Saladin died. 1215 King John of England made an oath to Pope Innocent III as a crusader to gain his support. 1461 Battle at Towton: Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians and Edward IV was recognized as king of England. 1492 King James IV of Scotland concluded an alliance with France against England.

March 3, 493 Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great and viceroy of the Eastern Roman Empire beat German usurper Odoaker who had made himself King of Italy. 1046 antipope Sylvester III died. 1284 The Statute of Rhuddlan (Statute of Wales) incorporated the Principality of Wales into England, and provided the constitutional basis for the government of the Principality of North Wales from 1284 until 1536.

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March 2, 462 Total Lunar Eclipse. 672 Saint Caedda died. He was educated at Lindisfarne and spent time in Ireland before succeeding his brother as Abbot of Laestingaeu in Yorkshire. 871 Battle at Marton: Ethelred of Wessex beat the Danish invasion army. 986 Louis V became King of the Franks. 986 Lothair, King of France, died. 1127 Charles the Good, Count of Flanders, was murdered while at prayer in the church of St. Donat at Bruges. 1316 King Robert II of Scotland, the first Stewart King, was born.

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March 1, 752 BC Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrated the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women. 86 BC Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, entered Athens, and removed the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus. 286 Roman Emperor Diocletian raised Maximian to the rank of Caesar. 317 Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, were made Caesares. 492 St. Felix III ended his reign and St. Gelasius I began his reign as Pope. 743 Slave export by Christians to heathen areas was prohibited. 918 Balderik became Bishop of Utrecht. He was the son of Count Ricfried in the Betuwe, who expelled the Vikings from Utrecht.