March 19, 1524 Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas March 19, 1503 Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina) March 19, 1452 Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor March 19, 1263 Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies March 19, 1227 Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX