England's King James I, who authorized the translation project that produced the 1611 King James (Authorized) Version of the Bible, dies - March 25

The first Easter is celebrated, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus.

31 - The first Easter is celebrated, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus.

304 - Agape, Chioma, and Irene, three sisters, are seized at Thessalonica during Diocletian’s persecution. The three will be burned – Irene after shameful exposure.

717 - Leo III is crowned emperor in the church of St. Sophia in Constantinople. He will bring much-needed reforms, beat back the Saracens, and restore Byzantium as a power able to stand seven hundred years longer. He will also support the iconoclast movement.

815 - In defiance of Emperor Leo, who rejects the use of icons, Theodore the Studite has his monks march on Palm Sunday through their monastery vineyard in Constantinople, holding up icons so that they can be seen over the walls, eliciting a rebuke from the emperor.

1625 - England's King James I dies. In 1604, at the Hampton Court Conference, James authorized the translation project that produced the 1611 King James (Authorized) Version of the Bible.

1797 - Social reformer John Winebrenner, founder of the Church of God (now known as the Churches of God, General Conference), was born in Maryland.

1783 - Five Anglican clergymen gather secretly at Woodbury, Connecticut, and choose Samuel Seabury as their prospective bishop. He will have to sail to Britain to obtain ordination.

1874 - Bishop Joseph A. Beebe writes a letter to the Index concerning the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in North Carolina: “Time has shown that we are not a political Church. Our aim is the glory of God and the salvation of the souls of men. The peaceable manner of our Church has won for us the confidence of the majority of the most intelligent people of our State.”

– Source: Christian History Institute, onthisday.com, christianitytoday.com