Events
597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.
1190 - English mob massacres the Jews of York; Between 150 and 500 Jews are murdered or commit suicide

1322 - The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in the First War of Scottish Independence.
1521 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
1812 -  British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War.
1818 - Second Battle of Cancha Rayada - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under José de San Martín.
1924 - In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
1935 - Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Versailles Treaty.

1939 - From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1939 - Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
1942 - The first V-2 rocket test launch. It explodes at liftoff.
1945 - World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
1963 - Mount Agung erupts on Bali, as 11,000 die.
1968 - Vietnam War:  between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
1976 - British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
1977 - Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt the leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
1978 - Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left-wing terrorists and killed by his captors.
Births

1581 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
1631 - René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1654 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1687 - Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757)
1750 - Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1848)
1751 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
1800 - Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846)
1805 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1839 - René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
1889 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
1911 - Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician
1927 - Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1967)
1941 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
1987 - Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model
1989 - Peaches Geldof, English socialite
1989 - Blake Griffin, American basketball player
1989 - Theo Walcott, English footballer
1991 - Wolfgang Van Halen, American musician

Deaths

37 - Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar, Roman Emperor (b. 46 BC)
455 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)
1485 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)
1559 - Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
1936 - Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864)
1940 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1980 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898)
1983 - Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
1983 - Fred Rose, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1984 - John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)
1992 - Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (b. 1919)
2008 - Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer (Bonham). (b. 1968)