{"id":3866,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1634ce-mar-25--3866","name":"1634 CE, March 25","year":1634,"era":"CE","month":3,"day":25,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1634ce-mar-25--3866","iso-date":"1634-03-25","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first settlers arrive in Maryland on March 25, 1634, landing at St. Clements Island in today's St. Mary’s County. On this island, the first Roman Catholic Mass in the English-speaking colonies was celebrated. The colony of Maryland was founded so that the English Catholics could have a place to live where they could escape the intolerance of the English monarchy. \u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eOfficially the colony is said to be named in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I although some Catholic scholars believe that George Calvert, who was a publicly declared Catholic named the province after Mary, the mother of Jesus. The name in the charter was phrased Terra Mariae, anglice, Maryland. Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore never travelled to Maryland. \u003ca href=\"https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/essay/html/97essay.html\"\u003eMore\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-04-01T05:16:35-07:00","updated_at":"2026-03-28T22:47:30-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"March History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/march"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"March 25","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/march-25"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1634ce-mar-25--3866#eventK365","name":"1634 CE, March 25","headline":"The first settlers arrive in Maryland on March 25, 1634, landing at St - 1634 CE","description":"The first settlers arrive in Maryland on March 25, 1634, landing at St. Clements Island in today's St. Mary’s County. On this island, the first Roman...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1634ce-mar-25--3866","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-04-01T05:16:35-07:00","dateModified":"2026-03-28T22:47:30-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1634-03-25","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/march","name":"What Happened in March History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/march-25#pageK365","name":"What Happened on March 25"}]}}