Today is Friday, March 25, the 86th day of 2016. There are 280 days left in the year.
1133 — William the Conqueror orders first Domesday Survey of England
1306 — Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland
1409 — Council of Pisa opens
1571 — Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
1581 — Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal
584 — Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert’s patent to explore North America
1598 — Cornelis de Houtman’s fleet departs for East-Indies
1609 — Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co
1634 — Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland