On this Day in History ... 15th March
15 Mar is in March.
The 15 Mar is the Ides of March.
Events on the 15th March
On 15 Mar 44, the Ides of March, Julius Ceasar was assassinate by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators.
On 14 Mar 1190 twin boys Robert Capet and Philip Capet were born to King Philip II of France (age 24) and Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France (age 19). The eldest Robert died the same day, the youngest Philip died three days later. Their mother Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France (age 19) died from childbirth the day after the birth.
Letters. 15 Mar 1399. Letter XXVII. Joanna of Navarre (age 29) afterwards Queen of Henry IV to King Richard II (age 32).
My most dear and redoubted lord,.
I desire every day to be certified of your good estate, which our Lord grant that it may ever be as good as your heart desires and as I should wish it for myself. If it would please you to let me know of it, you would give me great rejoicings in my heart, for every time that I hear good news of you I am most perfectly glad at heart. And if to know tidings from this side would give you pleasure, when this was written my lord (age 31), I, and our children were together in good health of our persons, thanks to our Lord, who by his grace ever grant you the same. I pray you, my dearest and most redoubted lord, that it would ever please you to have the affairs of my said lord well recommended, as well in reference to the deliverance of his lands as other things, which lands in your hands are the cause why he sends his people promptly towards you. So may it please you hereupon to provide him with your gracious remedy, in such manner that he may enjoy his said lands peaceably; even as he and I have our perfect surety and trust in you more than in any other. And let me know your good pleasure, and I will accomplish it willingly and with a good heart to my power.
My dearest and most redoubted lord, I pray the Holy Spirit that he will have you in his holy keeping.
Written at Vannes, the 15th day of March. The Duchess of Bretagne.
On 15 Mar 1493 Anne I Duke of Montmorency was born to William de Montmorency (age 40) at Chantilly, Oise.
Letters and Papers 1518. 15 Mar 1518. Giust. Desp. II. 166. 4009. Sebastian Giustinian to the Doge.
Rode to the King at Richmond, who is in some trouble, as three of his pages have died of the plague. Was graciously received: told him the news of the Turks, from whom, his majesty said, there was nothing to fear this year, as he had received intelligence from Rhodes. Sebastian pointed out the threatening nature of their preparations. The King laughed, and said Venice was on such good terms with the Turk, she had nothing to fear. Sebastian replied, they had made terms with Selim out of necessity, and from dread of the formidable power of the Sultan. "Tell your Signory," said the King, "there is a person more formidable than the Turk, who denies he has engaged any lansknechts, and yet I know he has hired them at two crowns per man." Sebastian replied, he thought it very unlikely such a thing should have escaped the knowledge of so wise a man as the Venetian ambassador in the French court. "Upon this the King drew me nearer to him, and also took my secretary by the hand,—a gesture he repeated several times in the course of the conference,—saying, 'Shall I give you manifest proof of the deceit of this King of France ?'" and then went on to insist that the forces which Francis pretended to marshal against the Turks were really intended against Italy. Sebastian combated this notion without appearing to contradict him. The King urged, "He wishes me worse than he does the devil himself; yet you see what kind of friendly language he employs towards me, in order that I may trust such deceit: but I am so prepared that, should the King of France attempt to attack me, he will find himself deceived." He then insisted on the refusal of France to do justice to his subjects; the sending of Albany into Scotland; "where he will perhaps put the King to death in like manner as his brother died, which I never intend to suffer; nor will I tolerate his presence there; and should he send him, I shall hold the said King my enemy." He then enlarged upon the love of interference on the part of Francis. Sebastian turned the conversation, endeavoring to avoid his resentment, urging that the Signory acted towards both crowns impartially. The King expressed himself satisfied, and told Sebastian he was not to detail these conversations to the ambassador in France; which, however, he intends to do. London, 15 March 1518.
Letters and Papers 1533. 15 Mar 1533. Vienna Archives. 235. Chapuys to Charles V.
Since my last letters of the 8th, the King has got a priest of his to preach before him and the lady (age 32), that all the while he had lived with the Queen he had been guilty of adultery, and that all his good subjects ought to pray God to pardon his offence, and enlighten him at once to take another lady; to which the Lords of his Council should solicit and even constrain him, without any regard to the censures or other provisions that the Pope could make, who ought not to be obeyed in this matter, commanding what was against God and reason. He said also that it would be no wonder if he took a wife of humble condition in consideration of her personal merits, like Saul and David. This was said with such vehemence and warmth that not only were the Queen's servants scandalised, but the Queen herself, who, for this and other bad symptoms that she sees here, is again compelled to implore by her letters sent herewith the aid and favor of your Majesty.
Before 15 Mar 1554 Thomas Wyatt (age 33) surrendered to Maurice Berkeley (age 48).
Wriothesley's Chronicle 15 Mar 1554. 15 Mar 1554. The xv of Marche Wyatt (age 33), capteyn of the rebells, was arregned at Westminster and there condemned of highe treason.
And the same daye the Earle of Devonshire (age 27) was committed agayne to the Tower [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 15 Mar 1554. The xv day of Marche was raynyd at Westmynster ser Thomas Wyatt (age 33) knyght, the captayn cheyffe [of] Kent, and cast to be hedyd and after quartered and sett up.
Note. P. 54. He lycted behind a gentleman into the court. After his surrender sir Thomas Wyatt was taken to the court riding behind sir Maurice Berkeley on horseback. Stowe, p. 621.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 15 Mar 1560. [The xv day preached at court] master (blank) the wyche he mad a nottabull sermon that the quen('s) (age 26) grace gayff hym th[anks] for hys payne, butt sum men wher offendyd.
On 09 Mar 1566 at eight o'clock in the evening David Rizzio (age 33) was murdered in the presence of the six months pregnant Mary Queen of Scots (age 23) and her half-sister Jean Stewart Countess Argyll (age 33) at Holyrood Palace [Map] by rebels led by Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven. Rizzio was dragged through the bed chamber into the adjacent Audience Chamber and stabbed an alleged 57 times. Mary's husband Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart (age 20) was suspected of being one of the murderers.
On 15 Mar 1566 Mary Queen of Scots (age 23) writes to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 32):
As first hes takin our houss slane our maist [most] speciall servand (age 33) in our awin [own] presence & thaireftir haldin our propper personis captive tressonneblie, quhairby [whereby] we war constrainit to escaipe straitlie about midnyght out of our palice of halliruidhouss [Map] to the place quhair [where] we ar for the present, in the grittest danger feir of our lywis & ewill [ill] estate that evir princes on earth stuid [stood] in.
We thotht to have writtin to you this letter with oure awin [own] hand, that therby ye myght have better onestand all our meaning & takin mair [more] familliarlie therewit. Bot of trewt [truth] we ar so tyrit [tired] & ewill [ill] at eass [ease], quhat [what] throw rydding of twenty millis [miles] in v [5] horis [hours] of the nyght as wit the frequent seikness & weill dispositioun be th'occasioun of our child/that we could not at this tyme as we was willing to have done…
Your richt [right] gud sister and cusignes [cousin] Marie R.
Jean Stewart Countess Argyll:
Around 1533 she was born illegitimately to King James V of Scotland and Elizabeth Bethune. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1553 Archibald Campbell 5th Earl Argyll and she were married. She by marriage Countess Argyll. She the illegitmate daughter of King James V of Scotland and Elizabeth Bethune. He the son of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Helen Hamilton Countess Argyll. They were third cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 07 Jan 1588 Jean Stewart Countess Argyll died.
Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven: he was born to William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven and Janet Halyburton Lady Dirletoun. Before 1551 Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven and Janet Douglas were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus. After 1551 Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven and Janet Stewart were married. His second marriage, her fourth. She the daughter of John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl and Janet Campbell Countess Atholl. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 13 May 1566 Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven died.
On 15 Mar 1604 John Acland (age 52) was knighted by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) at the Tower of London [Map].
On 15 Mar 1644 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 67) died.
Around 15 Mar 1644 Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath was born to Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 24) and Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
Evelyn's Diary. 15 Mar 1652. I saw the "Diamond" and "Ruby" launched in the Dock at Deptford [Map], carrying forty-eight brass cannon each; Cromwell (age 52) and his grandees present, with great acclamations.
Pepy's Diary. 15 Mar 1666. Lay till it was full time to rise, it being eight o'clock, and so to the office and there sat till almost three o'clock and then to dinner, and after dinner (my wife and Mercer and Mrs. Barbary being gone to Hales's (age 66) before), I and my cozen Anthony Joyce, who come on purpose to dinner with me, and he and I to discourse of our proposition of marriage between Pall and Harman (age 29), and upon discourse he and I to Harman's (age 29) house and took him to a taverne hard by, and we to discourse of our business, and I offered £500, and he declares most ingenuously that his trade is not to be trusted on, that he however needs no money, but would have her money bestowed on her, which I like well, he saying that he would adventure 2 or £300 with her. I like him as a most good-natured, and discreet man, and, I believe, very cunning. We come to this conclusion for us to meete one another the next weeke, and then we hope to come to some end, for I did declare myself well satisfied with the match.
Pepy's Diary. 15 Mar 1666. Thence to Hales's (age 66), where I met my wife and people; and do find the picture, above all things, a most pretty picture, and mighty like my wife; and I asked him his price: he says £14, and the truth is, I think he do deserve it.
On 15 Mar 1672. The Royal Declaration of Indulgence was Charles II's (age 41) attempt to extend religious liberty to Protestant nonconformists and Roman Catholics. It was highly controversial. Sir Orlando Bridgeman (age 66) resigned as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal because he refused to apply the Great Seal to it.
On 15 Mar 1721 Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 53) died. The day after her funeral her husband Frederick IV King Denmark and Norway (age 49) married Anne Sophie Reventlow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 27) whom he had previously married bigamously.
After 15 Mar 1728. Grave of Anne, wife of Archdeacon Thomas Howson at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
On 15 Mar 1746 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk was born to Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk (age 25) and Catherine Brockholes Duchess Norfolk (age 27).
Section I Tumuli 1788. On the 15th of March, 1788, a farmer, who occupied the land on Middleton Moor, known as the Garratt Piece, having occasion to burn some lime upon that ground, dug for the purpose into a tumulus [Map] [Garratts Piece Barrow [Map]], or lowe, there situate.
He began his work on the outer edge of the barrow, clearing it away as he proceeded, to the level of the natural surface. On reaching the centre, he found, lying immediately under the usual depression of the summit of the barrow, and placed upon the level of the ground, a skeleton, whose extremities were towards the east and west; near the point of the shoulder was a very extraordinary ornament of copper neatly enamelled with various colours, red being the most predominant; it is circular, and has a hook in the form of a serpent's head, probably for suspension. In addition to this, part of another ornament of similar workmanship; part of the iron umbo of a shield and a shallow basin of thin brass, much broken and crushed, were found abont the same place. (For a similar basin see Archæologia, vol. xviii, page 80.) The design visible upon the circular and enamelled ornament is precisely similar to an illuminated capital Q in the Saxon manuscript entitled, 'Textus Sancti Cuthberti,' a production of the seventh century, formerly preserved in the cathedral of Durham, but now in the Cottonian library, (Nero, D. 4.) There is a good engraving of it in Astle's 'Origin of Writing,' plate 14, a. This interesting barrow was reopened by Mr. William Bateman (age 1), on the 19th of June, 1826, but was found to have been entirely rifled on the occasion above described.
Barrows near Arbor Low. On the 15th of March, we re-opened a barrow near the boundary of Middleton Moor, in the direction of Parcelly Hay [Note. Possibly Parsley Hay Barrow [Map]], which was unsuccessfully opened by Mr.W. Bateman on the 28th of July, 1824; nor did our researches lead to a more satisfactory result, as the entire mound seemed to have been turned over by deep ploughing by which the interments, consisting of two skeletons and a deposit of burnt bones, had been so dragged about as to present no characteristic worthy of observation. A neat whetstone was picked up amongst these ruins, and a carefully chipped leaf-shaped arrow-point of flint has since been found by ploughing across the barrow. About fifty yards South-east of the last, is another barrow of very small size, both as to diameter and height; so inconsiderable indeed are its dimensions, that it was quite overlooked in 1824. Fortunately the contents, with the exception of one skeleton that lay near the surface, had been enclosed in a cist, sunk a few inches beneath the level of the soil. As in the companion barrow, the skeleton near the top was dismembered by the plough, so that it afforded nothing worthy of notice - the original interment, however, which lay rather deeper, in a kind of rude cist or enclosure, formed by ten shapeless masses of limestone, amply repaid our labour. The persons thus interred consisted of a female in the prime of life, and a child of about four years of age; the former had been placed on the floor of the grave on her left side, with the knees drawn up; the child was placed above her, and rather behind her shoulders: they were surrounded and covered with innumerable bones of the water-vole, or rat, and near the woman was a cow's tooth, an article uniformly found with the more ancient interments. Round her neck was a necklace of variously shaped beads and other trinkets of jet and bone, curiously ornamented, upon the whole resembling those found at Cow Low [Map] in 1846, (Vestiges p. 92,) but differing from them in many details. The various pieces of this compound ornament are 420 in number, which unusual quantity is accounted for by the fact of 348 of the beads being thin laminae only; 54 are of cylindrical form, and the 18 remaining pieces are conical studs and perforated plates, the latter in some cases ornamented with punctured patterns. Altogether, the necklace is the most elaborate production of the pre-metallic period that I have seen. The skull, in perfect preservation, is beautiful in its proportions, and has been selected to appear in the Crania Britannica, as the type of the ancient British female. The femur measures 15¼ inches. The engraving represents the arrangement of the cist.
Archaeologia Volume 38 1883 Section XXVII. On The Examination Of A Chambered Long Barrow At West Kennet [Map], Wiltshire. By John Thurnam (age 49). Read 15th March, 1860.
Births on the 15th March
On 15 Mar 1275 Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant was born to King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 35) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 34) at Windsor Castle [Map].
On 15 Mar 1407 Jacob Margrave of Baden-Baden was born.
On 15 Mar 1454 James Pickering was born to James Pickering (age 34) and Margaret Lascelles (age 29).
On 15 Mar 1493 Anne I Duke of Montmorency was born to William de Montmorency (age 40) at Chantilly, Oise.
On 15 Mar 1584 Philip Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 38) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (age 33).
On 15 Mar 1597 Anne Cromwell was born to Edward Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell Oakham (age 37) and Francis Rugge Baroness Cromwell Oakham.
On 15 Mar 1598 Anne Sophia Hohenzollern was born to John Sigismund Hohenzollern (age 25) and Anna Hohenzollern (age 21).
Around 15 Mar 1644 Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath was born to Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 24) and Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 15 Mar 1653 John Jackson 2nd Baronet was born to John Jackson 1st Baronet (age 22) and Katherine Booth (age 28).
Before 15 Mar 1657 Mary Sondes Countess Feversham was born to George Sondes 1st Earl Feversham (age 57).
On 15 Mar 1657 Thomas Isham 3rd Baronet was born to Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 47) and Vere Leigh Lady Isham.
On or before 15 Mar 1670 William Mansel 7th Baronet was born to Richard Mansel 5th Baronet (age 29). He was baptised on 15 Mar 1670 at St Mary's Church, Kidwelly.
On 15 Mar 1687 Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater was born to John Churchill 1st Duke Marlborough (age 36) and Sarah Jennings Duchess Marlborough (age 26).
On 15 Mar 1693 William Heathcote 1st Baronet was born to Samuel Heathcote (age 37).
On 15 Mar 1700 Charlotte Glücksburg was born to Frederick Louis Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 46) and Louise Charlotte Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 41). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.82%.
On 15 Mar 1710 George Forbes 4th Earl Granard was born to George Forbes 3rd Earl Granard (age 24).
On 15 Mar 1720 Infante Philip of Spain was born to Philippe V King Spain (age 36) and Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain (age 27).
On 15 Mar 1746 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk was born to Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk (age 25) and Catherine Brockholes Duchess Norfolk (age 27).
On 15 Mar 1751 Emily Mary Fitzgerald was born to James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster (age 29) and Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster (age 19). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 15 Mar 1754 Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland was born to John Manners Marquess of Granby (age 33) and Frances Seymour (age 25).
On 15 Mar 1754 Thomas Onslow 2nd Earl Onslow was born to George Onslow 1st Earl Onslow (age 22) and Henrietta Shelley Countess Onslow (age 23) at Imber Court Thames Ditton, Surrey [Map].
On 15 Mar 1762 John Lindsay was born to James Lindsay 5th Earl Balcarres (age 70) and Anne Dalrymple Countess Balcarres (age 35).
On 15 Mar 1768 Princess Maria Czartoryska was born.
On 15 Mar 1768 John Colville 9th Lord Colville was born to John Colville 8th Lord Colville (age 43).
On 15 Mar 1776 Joan Scott Viscountess Canning was born to John "Pawky Scott" Scott.
On 15 Mar 1779 William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne was born to Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne (age 34) and Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne (age 27).
On 15 Mar 1783 John Kenward Shaw 6th Baronet was born to John Gregory Shaw 5th Baronet (age 26) and Theodosia Margaret Monson Lady Shaw (age 20).
On 15 Mar 1784 Reverend Brooke Boothby was born to William Boothby 7th Baronet (age 38).
On 15 Mar 1802 Walter Stirling 2nd Baronet was born.
On 15 Mar 1804 Charles Grey was born to Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey (age 40) and Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey (age 28).
On 15 Mar 1806 John Shelley was born to Timothy Shelley 2nd Baronet (age 52).
On 15 Mar 1811 Francis Charles Fitzroy was born to Henry Fitzroy (age 40) and Caroline Pigot (age 36).
On or before 15 Mar 1819 Henrietta Caroline Fellowes was born to Newton Wallop aka Fellowes 4th Earl of Portsmouth (age 46) and Frances Sherard.
On 15 Mar 1847 Mary Jane Maitland Countess Meath was born to Thomas Maitland 11th Earl Lauderdale (age 44).
On 15 Mar 1849 Francis Denys-Burton 3rd Baronet was born to George William Denys 2nd Baronet (age 37).
On 15 Mar 1849 Arthur Charles Wellesley 4th Duke Wellington was born to Charles Wellesley (age 41) and Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepoint.
On 15 Mar 1854 Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope 10th Earl of Chesterfield was born to Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore Stanhope 9th Earl of Chesterfield (age 32) and Dorothea Hay Countess Chesterfield (age 26).
On 15 Mar 1863 Albrecht Christian Adolf Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 48) and Adelheid Schasumburg Lippe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 15 Mar 1880 Muriel Katharine Duncombe was born to Arthur Duncombe aka Grey (age 40) and Katharine Henrietta Venezia Grey (age 28).
On 15 Mar 1883 Sigismund William Joseph Trafford was born.
On 15 Mar 1893 Oliver Lyttelton 1st Viscount Chandos was born to Arthur Lyttelton (age 36) and Edith Balfour.
On 15 Mar 1896 Vernon Henry St John 6th Viscount Bolingbroke 7th Viscount St John was born to Henry St John 5th Viscount Bolingbroke 6th Viscount St John (age 75) and Mary Emily Elizabeth Howard Viscountess Bolingbroke and St John.
On 15 Mar 1926 Charles Robert Rowley 8th and 7th Baronet was born to William Joshua Rowley 6th Baronet (age 34).
On 15 Mar 1935 Philip Frankland-Payne-Gallwey 6th Baronet was born to Lowry Philip Payne-Gallwey (age 43).
On 15 Mar 1957 Peter Forbes 10th Earl of Granard was born to John Forbes (age 37).
On 15 Mar 1971 Charles James Hoare 9th Baronet was born to Timothy Edward Charles Hoare 8th Baronet (age 36).
Marriages on the 15th March
Before 15 Mar 1454 James Pickering (age 34) and Margaret Lascelles (age 29) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Around 15 Mar 1467 John Dynham 1st Baron Dynham (age 34) and Elizabeth Fitzwalter Baroness Dinham 8th Baroness Fitzwalter (age 36) were married.
Between 28 Nov 1514 and 15 Mar 1520 William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven (age 10) and Janet Halyburton Lady Dirletoun were married.
After 15 Mar 1526 Leonard Grey 1st Viscount Grane (age 47) and Eleanor Dudley Countess Somerset (deceased) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Grane. He the son of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset (age 65). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
Before 15 Mar 1608 Edwin Sandys (age 44) and Elizabeth Sandys (age 43) were married.
On 15 Mar 1644 John Kennedy 6th Earl Cassilis and Margaret Hay Countess Cassilis were married. She by marriage Countess Cassilis. She the daughter of William Hay 10th Earl Erroll and Anne Lyon Countess Erroll. They were second cousin once removed.
On 15 Mar 1742 Peter August Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 44) and Natália Nikolaievna Golovine Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck were married. She by marriage Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. He the son of Frederick Louis Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Louise Charlotte Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
On 15 Mar 1752 Thomas Harley (age 21) and Anne Bangham (age 22) were married. He the son of Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 53) and Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer.
On 15 Mar 1772 Philip Ainslie (age 44) and Elizabeth Gray (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
On 15 Mar 1796 Samuel Peploe of Garnstone Castle in Weobley and Catherine-Frances Cornewall (age 23) were married.
Before 15 Mar 1812 Vere Poulet (age 51) and Anne Lucy Becher were married. He the son of Vere Paulett 3rd Earl Paulett and Mary Butt.
On 15 Mar 1827 John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet (age 29) and Julia Hoare were married.
On 15 Mar 1831 William Towry Law (age 21) and Augusta Champagne Graves were married.
On 15 Mar 1836 George William Coventry (age 27) and Harriet Anne Cockerell (age 23) were married. He the son of George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 51) and Emma Susanna Lygon.
On 15 Mar 1849 James Anderson Rose (age 29) and Emily Winter Rose nee Chadwick (age 24) were married. Possibly at Richmond, Surrey [Map].
Deaths on the 15th March
On 14 Mar 1190 twin boys Robert Capet and Philip Capet were born to King Philip II of France (age 24) and Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France (age 19). The eldest Robert died the same day, the youngest Philip died three days later. Their mother Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France (age 19) died from childbirth the day after the birth.
On 15 Mar 1356 Alice Boteler (age 66) died.
On 15 Mar 1367 Alexander Neville (age 70) died.
On 15 Mar 1392 Eberhard II Count of Württemberg (age 77) died.
On 15 Mar 1508 Robert Clifford died.
On 15 Mar 1521 John "Babymaker" La Marck II Duke Cleves (age 62) died. His son John La Marck III Duke Cleves (age 30) succeeded III Duke Cleves.
On 15 Mar 1526 Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester (age 66) died. He was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His son Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester (age 30) succeeded 2nd Earl Worcester.
After 15 Mar 1526 (some sources say before 1549) Eleanor Dudley Countess Somerset (deceased) died.
On 15 Mar 1530 Katherine Howard Countess Derby died of plague.
On 09 Mar 1566 at eight o'clock in the evening David Rizzio (age 33) was murdered in the presence of the six months pregnant Mary Queen of Scots (age 23) and her half-sister Jean Stewart Countess Argyll (age 33) at Holyrood Palace [Map] by rebels led by Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven. Rizzio was dragged through the bed chamber into the adjacent Audience Chamber and stabbed an alleged 57 times. Mary's husband Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart (age 20) was suspected of being one of the murderers.
On 15 Mar 1566 Mary Queen of Scots (age 23) writes to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 32):
As first hes takin our houss slane our maist [most] speciall servand (age 33) in our awin [own] presence & thaireftir haldin our propper personis captive tressonneblie, quhairby [whereby] we war constrainit to escaipe straitlie about midnyght out of our palice of halliruidhouss [Map] to the place quhair [where] we ar for the present, in the grittest danger feir of our lywis & ewill [ill] estate that evir princes on earth stuid [stood] in.
We thotht to have writtin to you this letter with oure awin [own] hand, that therby ye myght have better onestand all our meaning & takin mair [more] familliarlie therewit. Bot of trewt [truth] we ar so tyrit [tired] & ewill [ill] at eass [ease], quhat [what] throw rydding of twenty millis [miles] in v [5] horis [hours] of the nyght as wit the frequent seikness & weill dispositioun be th'occasioun of our child/that we could not at this tyme as we was willing to have done…
Your richt [right] gud sister and cusignes [cousin] Marie R.
Jean Stewart Countess Argyll:
Around 1533 she was born illegitimately to King James V of Scotland and Elizabeth Bethune. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1553 Archibald Campbell 5th Earl Argyll and she were married. She by marriage Countess Argyll. She the illegitmate daughter of King James V of Scotland and Elizabeth Bethune. He the son of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Helen Hamilton Countess Argyll. They were third cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 07 Jan 1588 Jean Stewart Countess Argyll died.
Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven: he was born to William Ruthven 2nd Lord Ruthven and Janet Halyburton Lady Dirletoun. Before 1551 Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven and Janet Douglas were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus. After 1551 Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven and Janet Stewart were married. His second marriage, her fourth. She the daughter of John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl and Janet Campbell Countess Atholl. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 13 May 1566 Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven died.
On 15 Mar 1608 Edwin Sandys (age 44) died.
On 15 Mar 1613 Juan Fernández de Velasco y Tovar 5th Duke of Frías (age 63) died. His son Bernardino Fernández de Velasco 6th Duke of Frías (age 4) succeeded 6th Duke of Frías.
On 15 Mar 1617 Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 77) died. His son John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 38) succeeded 2nd Viscount Brackley, 2nd Baron Ellesmere.
On 15 Mar 1624 Theobald Dillon 1st Viscount Dillon (age 67) died. His grandson Lucas Dillon 2nd Viscount Dillon (age 14) succeeded 2nd Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
On 15 Mar 1632 Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (age 59) died.
On 15 Mar 1644 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 67) died.
Before 15 Mar 1647 John Milton (age 85) died. On 15 Mar 1647 he was buried in St Giles without Cripplegate Church [Map].
On 15 Mar 1653 Edward Astley (age 49) died.
On 15 Mar 1657 Colonel George Fenwick (age 54) died.
On 15 Mar 1658 James Palmer (age 73) died.
Before 15 Mar 1662 John Campbell 1st Earl Loudon (age 64) died. His son James Campbell 2nd Earl Loudon (age 42) succeeded 2nd Earl Loudon.
On 15 Mar 1664 Thomas Pepys (age 30) died. See Samuel Pepys' Diary 1664 March 15.
On 15 Mar 1674 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 72) died. His nephew William Fiennes 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 33) succeeded 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele. Baron Saye and Sele abeyant between his two daughters Frances Fiennes and Elisabeth Fiennes.
On 15 Mar 1694 Henry Bedingfield (age 58) died.
On 15 Mar 1706 Rose Moore (age 25) died. She was buried in Norwich Cathedral [Map] under a white marble tablet with an inscription to her memory.
On 15 Mar 1708 William Walsh of Abberley (age 45) died.
Before 15 Mar 1710 Mary Talbot Countess Castlehaven died. She was buried on 15 Mar 1711 at St Andrew's Church Clewer.
On 15 Mar 1721 Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 53) died. The day after her funeral her husband Frederick IV King Denmark and Norway (age 49) married Anne Sophie Reventlow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 27) whom he had previously married bigamously.
On 15 Mar 1724 Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy (age 79) died.
On 15 Mar 1731 Jacob Bouverie (age 3) died.
On 15 Mar 1738 William Ross 12th Lord Ross (age 82) died.
On 15 Mar 1738 Richard Bulkeley 5th Viscount Bulkeley died without issue. His brother James Bulkeley 6th Viscount Bulkeley succeeded 6th Viscount Bulkeley of Cashel in Tipperary.
On 15 Mar 1745 William Chapple (age 69) died.
On 15 Mar 1752 Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough (age 61) died. His son Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough (age 26) succeeded 4th Earl Scarborough, 5th Viscount Lumley.
On 15 Mar 1762 John Proby (age 64) died.
On 15 Mar 1764 George Cholmondeley (age 39) died.
On 15 Mar 1786 Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway (age 77) died in Bath, Somerset [Map].
On 15 Mar 1788 Juliana Elizabeth Byron died.
On 15 Mar 1792 Thomas Cayley 5th Baronet (age 59) died.
On 15 Mar 1799 Cortlandt Skinner (age 71) died.
On 15 Mar 1812 Vere Poulet (age 51) died.
On 15 Mar 1818 John Perceval (age 24) died.
On 15 Mar 1819 Frances Sherard died.
On 15 Mar 1822 Robert Alexander died.
On 15 Mar 1827 Edward Bellew 6th Baronet (age 67) died. His son Patrick Bellew 1st Baron Bellew (age 29) succeeded 7th Baronet Bellew of Barmeath in Louth.
On 15 Mar 1828 Henry Hoare (age 77) died.
On 15 Mar 1839 Cipriano de Palafox 8th Count of Montijo (age 54) died at Madrid.
On 15 Mar 1846 Jane Dorothea Mildmay (age 57) died.
On 15 Mar 1851 John Brabazon 10th Earl Meath (age 78) died. His son William Brabazon 11th Earl of Meath (age 47) succeeded 11th Earl Meath. Harriot Brooke Countess Meath by marriage Countess Meath.
On 15 Mar 1851 Augustus Frederick Keppel 5th Earl Albermarle (age 56) died at Chelsea. His brother George Thomas Keppel 6th Earl Albermarle (age 51) succeeded 6th Earl Albermarle, 6th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 6th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent.
On 15 Mar 1871 Archibald Edmonstone 3rd Baronet (age 76) died. His half brother William Edmonstone 4th Baronet (age 61) succeeded 4th Baronet Edmonstone of Duntreath in Stirlingshire.
On 15 Mar 1873 Mary-Ann Acton Lady Acton (age 91) died.
On 15 Mar 1877 Colonel Alexander Wilton Dashwood (age 80) died.
On 15 Mar 1882 Sophie Gray (age 38) died possibly from anorexia.
On 15 Mar 1884 Emma Jane Parnell Countess Darnley died
On 15 Mar 1886 Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester (age 81) died. His son Walter John Pelham 4th Earl Chichester (age 47) succeeded 4th Earl Chichester, 5th Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 9th Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Elizabeth Mary Bligh Countess Chichester by marriage Countess Chichester.
On 15 Mar 1887 Robert Tolver Gerard 1st Baron Gerard (age 78) died. His son William Cansfield Gerard 2nd Baron Gerard (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire, 14th Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
On 15 Mar 1891 Joseph Bazalgette (age 71) died.
On 15 Mar 1894 George Herbert (age 68) died.
On 15 Mar 1895 Jaqueline Mary Alva Montagu (age 15) died of consumption.
On 15 Mar 1895 Charlotte Chandos-Pole (age 65) died.
On 15 Mar 1901 Fitzalan George John Manners (age 35) died.
On 15 Mar 1920 Emma St Aubyn died.
On 15 Mar 1937 Muriel Emily North (age 57) died.
On 15 Mar 1938 Arthur Dryden 9th and 6th Baronet (age 85) died. His second cousin Noel Percy Hugh Dryden 10th and 7th Baronet (age 27) succeeded 10th Baronet Dryden of Ambrosden in Oxfordshire, 7th Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.
On 15 Mar 1944 Reverend Edgar Shepeard Paston Mack (age 82) died.
On 15 Mar 1948 Brigadier-General Claude Berners Westmacott (age 82) died at his home Wall House, Staffordshire.
On 15 Mar 1958 Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (age 70) died.
On 15 Mar 1964 Douglas Frederick Duff-Gordon 7th Baronet (age 71) died. His son Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff-Gordon 8th Baronet (age 30) succeeded 8th Baronet Duff-Gordon of Halkin in Aberdeenshire.
On 15 Mar 1967 Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Countess Fitzwilliam (age 89) died.
