Historical Events Mar 6 Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V Famous Deaths Mar 6 Saint Colette of Corbie, French abbess and reformer (Poor Clares), dies at 66 Mar 12 Shahrukh Mirza, Ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (1405-47), dies at 69 1446 History by Year 1448 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists