March 4: Feast day of Saint Casimir (Catholicism), Mardi Gras/ Shrove Tuesday (2025)WadysawII Jagieo1386 Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, was crowned King of Poland as WadysawII Jagieo (pictured), beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty.1773 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three journeys there.1899 Cyclone Mahina struck Bathurst Bay, Queensland, killing more than 300 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in Australian history.1918 A case of influenza was recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the Spanish flu pandemic.2017 Construction began on a 69-metre (226ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.Hindal Mirza (b.1519)Rosalind Pitt-Rivers (b.1907)Harold Barrowclough (d.1972)Gary Gygax (d.2008)More anniversaries: March 3March 4March 5ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout