March 15:
A.D. 351: Emperor Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, giving him command of the Eastern Roman Empire.
A.D. 1493: Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage.
A.D. 1545: The first meeting of the Ecumenical Council of Trent commences.
A.D. 1892: The escalator is patented by Jesse Reno of New York City.
March 16:
597 B.C.: The Babylonians capture Jerusalem and replace the reigning king with Zedekiah.
A.D. 1881: The Barnum & Bailey Circus begins.
A.D. 1998: Pope John Paul II prays for forgiveness for the inaction of many Catholics during the holocaust.
A.D. 2006: The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish the UN Human Rights Council.
March 17:
45 B.C.: Julius Caesar defeats the forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Mundus.
A.D. 180: Marcus Aurelius dies.
A.D. 432: According to tradition, St. Patrick is captured by pirates and carried off to Ireland as a slave on this day.
March 18:
A.D. 37: Tiberius' will is nullified by the Roman Senate, and Caligula is proclaimed heir.
A.D. 1123: The First Lateran Council opens in Rome.
A.D. 1314: Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar is burned at the stake.
A.D. 1940: Benito Mussolini joins Germany's war against France and Britain.
March 19:
A.D. 1279: A Mongolian victory at Yamen ends Chinese Song rule.
A.D. 1452: Frederick III Hapsburg is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
A.D. 1702: Anne Stuart becomes Queen of England.
A.D. 1918: U.S. Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight savings time.
Why did they bother...I hate daylight savings time. :P
A.D. 1999: A very important member of this forum enters into the world. ;)
Happy Birthday to whomever this very importment member of the forum is.
Thank you. ;)
I think whomever should have a birthday every year.
Happy completion of fifteen years, Ric.
OMG there are almost three of him to one me, it's like that time I was Anthony Ainley all over again.
March 20:
A.D. 1890: Otto von Bismarck is fired by Emperor Wilhelm II.
A.D. 1933: The first Nazi concentration camp, Dachau, is completed.
A.D. 1934: Radar is demonstrated in Germany, by Rudolph Kuhnold.
A.D. 1944: Mt. Vesuvius explodes.
March 21:
A.D. 1413: Henry V becomes King of England.
A.D. 1697: Czar Peter the Great begins his tour of Western Europe.
A.D. 1918: The Battle of the Somme begins with a German offense.
March 22:
A.D. 1457: The Gutenberg Bible becomes the first printed book.
For some reason I thought I covered that already...maybe it was Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.
A.D. 1622: The first massacre of Europeans in America by the Powhattan tribe. 347 colonists are killed in Jamestown, Virginia.
A.D. 1765: The Stamp Act is passed and the first direct tax by the British government on American colonists is imposed.
March 23:
A.D. 1743: Handel's Messiah premieres in London.
A.D. 1752: Stephan II is elected pope, but dies two days later.
A.D. 1775: Patrick Henry makes his famous statement, "Give me liberty or give me death."
A.D. 1808: Napolean's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain.
A.D. 1839: First recorded use of OK (meaning "oll korrect") occurs in the Boston Morning Post.
A.D. 1840: The first successful photograph of the moon is taken using a daguerrotype camera.
A.D. 1857: The first elevator is installed.
A.D. 1858: The streetcar is patented.
March 24:
A.D. 1603: Mary Queen of Scots son, King James VI of Scotland, succeeds Queen Elizabeth I of England, becoming James I of England and uniting the Scottish and English crowns.
A.D. 1801: Czar Aleksandr I inherits the Russian throne.
A.D. 1832: Joseph Smith is beaten, feathered, and tarred in Ohio.
A.D. 1837: Blacks are given the right to vote in Canada.
RicOlie_2 said:
March 24:
A.D. 1832: Joseph Mormon is beaten, feathered, and tarred in Ohio.
I'm guessing you mean Joseph Smith, and I assume this is the first time, as it happened numerous times.
Gee whiz, I can't believe I didn't catch that, especially since I don't copy and paste. :P The site I'm using as a reference gets a lot of things wrong unfortunately and sometimes I miss those errors.
March 25:
A.D. 421: The city of Venice is founded.
A.D. 1129: King Richard Lion Heart is fatally wounded by an arrow.
A.D. 1807: The slave trade is abolished in Britain.
A.D. 1813: The first U.S. flag is flown from the frigate Essex.
March 26:
A.D. 1830: The Book of Mormon is published.
A.D. 1845: The ancestor of the bandaid, adhesive medicated plaster, is patented.
A.D. 1913: Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the First Balkan War.
March 27:
A.D. 1309: Pope Clement V excommunicates the entire population of Venice.
A.D. 1625: Charles I ascends the English throne.
A.D. 1794: The U.S.A. establishes a permanent navy.
A.D. 1914: The first successful blood transfusion is performed in Brussels.
March 28:
A.D. 193: Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards and his throne is auctioned off to Didius Julianus.
A.D. 364: Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
A.D. 845: Paris is sacked by Viking raiders who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
A.D. 1794: Le Louvre opens to the public.
March 29:
A.D. 1461: 30,000 are killed in the Battle near Towton Field in the War of the Roses.
A.D. 1632: The Treaty of St. Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control from the British, who had possessed it since 1629.
A.D. 1795: Ludwig van Beethoven debuts as a pianist in Vienna.
March 30:
A.D. 1282: The Sicilian Vespers; Sicilians rise up against King Charles I.
A.D. 1492: A decree expelling Jews from Spain is signed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
A.D. 1856: The Crimean War ends with Russia's signing of the Peace of Paris.
A.D. 1858: The pencil with an attached eraser is patented.
March 31:
A.D. 1880: Wabash, Indiana, becomes the first town to be completely illuminated by electric lighting.
A.D. 1889: The Eiffel Tower officially opens.
A.D. 1933: The German Republic gives power to Hitler.
April 1:
A.D. 1748: The ruins of Pompeii are discovered.
A.D. 1778: A New Orleans businessman invents the "$" sign.
A.D. 1826: The internal combustion engine is patented.
A.D. 1924: The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
A.D. 1960: The first weather satellite is launched.
April 2:
A.D. 999: Gerbert of Aurillac is elected as Pope--the first from France.
A.D. 1453: Sultan Mehmet II begins his siege of Constantinople, which is the first successful one on the city.
A.D. 1800: The first performance of Beethoven's first symphony.
A.D. 1902: The first movie theatre opens (in Los Angeles).