Historical Events
Cabral Departs Lisbon
Mar 9 Pedro Álvares Cabral departs Lisbon, Portugal at the head of a 13 ship expedition to India that will also claim Brazil for Portugal
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 3 Reginald Pole, English cardinal, scholar and "heretic", born in Stourton Castle, Staffordshire, England (d. 1558)