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March 30,317 BC, Phocion, the great Athenian general and statesman, died at an approximate age of 85. 240 BC first recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 1135 Maimonides was born. He was a Jewish philosopher who tried to harmonize Judaism with the teachings of Aristotle in his principal work, The Guide of the Perplexed, in 1190. 1191 Celestine III elected Pope. During his pontificate, he confirmed the order of Teutonic Knights. 1296 Edward I sacked Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England. 1603 The Nine Years' War between England and Irish rebel Hugh O'Neill ended with the surrender of the Irish.1533 Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. 1533 Thomas Cranmer became archbishop of Canterbury.

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March 29, 1461 - Battle near Towton Field, death toll about 33,000 in the deadliest battle of the War of the Roses, where Edward of York defeated Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England. 1561 Santorio Santorio, the first physician to employ instruments of precision to medical practice, was born.

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March 28, 37 Roman Emperor Caligula accepted the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 193 Roman Emperor Pertinax was assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sold the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus. 364 Roman Emperor Valentinian I appointed his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor. 845 Paris was sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collected a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. 1515 St. Teresa of Ávila was born. Teresa was a mystic, a reformer of the Carmelite order, and author of spiritual literature. She was the first woman to be named a doctor of the Church.

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March 27, 196 BC Ptolemy V ascended to the throne of Egypt. 1309 Pope Clement V excommunicated Venice and all its population. 1329 Pope John XXII issued his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. 1599 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex and a favorite of Elizabeth I, became Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland during the Nine Years War. However, he was unsuccessful in defeating the rebel forces and returned to England in disgrace. 1625 Charles I, King of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascended to the English throne.

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March 26, 752 Pope Stephen (II) III elected; he was the first sovereign of the Papal States, crowned Pepin as King of the Franks, corresponded with the Emperor Constantine on the subject of the restoration of the sacred images, restored many of the ancient churches of the city, and built hospitals specifically for the poor near St. Peter's church where he is buried. 1026 Pope John XIX crowned Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. 1484 William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.