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March 27. March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 279 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1309 ??? Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. 1329 ??? Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. 1513 ??? Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Le??n reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida. 1601???1900 1625 ??? Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France. 1638 ??? The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes southern Italy. Measuring...
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March 26. March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 280 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 26. March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 280 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 590 ??? Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 624 ??? First Eid al-Fitr celebration. 1021 ??? The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah. 1027 ??? Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. 1169 ??? Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt. 1244 ??? The crown of Aragon and the crown of Castile agree in the Treaty of Almizra on the limits of their respective expansion into al-Andalus. 1344 ??? The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end. 1351 ??? Combat of the Thirty...
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March 25. March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 281 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 25. March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 281 days remain until the end of the year. Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England (in Julian calendar). Events Pre-1600 410 ??? The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty. 421 ??? Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. 708 ??? Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967. 717 ??? Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty. 919 ??? Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine...
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March 24. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 24. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1199 ??? King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. 1387 ??? English victory over a Franco-Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate. 1401 ??? Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1601???1900 1603 ??? James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I. 1603 ??? Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of sh??gun from Emperor Go-Y??zei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan. 1663 ??? The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor...
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March 23. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 283 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 23. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 283 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1400 ??? The Tr???n dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by H??? Qu?? Ly, a court official. 1540 ??? Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 1568 ??? The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion. 1601???1900 1775 ??? American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech ??? "Give me liberty, or give me death!" ??? at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia. 1801 ??? Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally...
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March 22. March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 284 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 106 ??? Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. 235 ??? Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. 871 ??? ??thelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. 1185 ??? Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan. 1312 ??? Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar. 1508 ??? Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire. 1601???1900 1621 ??? The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony,...
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March 22. March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 284 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 21. March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 285 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 21. March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 285 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 537 ??? Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the Vivarium, by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius. 630 ??? Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem. 717 ??? Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid. 1152 ??? Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. 1180 ??? Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan. 1556 ??? On the day of his execution in Oxford, former archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and...
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March 20. March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 286 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 673 ??? Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. 1206 ??? Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. 1600 ??? The Link??ping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Link??ping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598???1599). 1601???1900 1602 ??? The Dutch East India Company is established. 1616 ??? Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment. 1760 ??? The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings. 1815 ??? After escaping from...
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March 20. March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 286 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 19. March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 287 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1277 ??? The Byzantine???Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. 1279 ??? A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China. 1284 ??? The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England. 1452 ??? Frederick III of Habsburg is the last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by medieval tradition in Rome by Pope Nicholas V. 1563 ??? The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots. 1601???1900 1649 ??? The House of Commons...
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March 19. March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 287 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 18. March 18 is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 288 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 18. March 18 is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 288 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 37 ??? Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor. 1068 ??? An earthquake in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula leaves up to 20,000 dead. 1229 ??? Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade. 1241 ??? First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Krak??w in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city. 1314 ??? Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake. 1438 ??? Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of the Romans. 1571 ??? Valletta is made the capital city of Malta....
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March 17. March 17 is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 289 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 17. March 17 is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 289 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 45 BC ??? In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. 180 ??? Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius. 455 ??? Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him. 1337 ??? Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England. 1400 ??? Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1601???1900 1776 ??? American...
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March 16. March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 290 days remain until the end of the year.
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March 16. March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 290 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 934 ??? Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes the Later Shu as a new state independent of the Later Tang. 1190 ??? Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. 1244 ??? Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Monts??gur. 1355 ??? Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou. 1601???1900 1621 ??? Samoset, a Abenaki, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset." 1660 ??? The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so...
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March 15. March 15 is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 291 days remain until the end of the year.
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