What happend on 1st March

29.02
02.03
1628

Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.

1565

The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.

1562

Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.