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File:I Grinevizky.jpg|Ignacy Hryniewiecki | File:I Grinevizky.jpg|Ignacy Hryniewiecki | ||
File:Uranus2.jpg|Uranus, as seen by ''[[Voyager 2]]'' | File:Uranus2.jpg|Uranus, as seen by ''[[Voyager 2]]'' | ||
File:Franciscus in 2015.jpg|Pope Francis | File:Franciscus in 2015.jpg|Pope Francis | ||
File:Krakow Ghetto 06694.jpg|Deportation of Jews from the Kraków Ghetto | File:Krakow Ghetto 06694.jpg|Deportation of Jews from the Kraków Ghetto | ||
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| | | [[874]] – The remains of '''[[Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Saint Nicephorus]]''' were brought back to [[Constantinople]] to be interred at the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]]. | ||
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| [[ | | [[1639]] – [[Harvard College]]<!--not bold, date not in article and unreferenced section--> in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], '''[[History of Harvard University|was named]]''' after its first principal donor, clergyman [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]]. | ||
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|[[1881]] – Tsar '''[[Alexander II of Russia]]''' was assassinated near his palace in a bomb-throwing plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]] and three other revolutionaries. | |[[1881]] – Tsar '''[[Alexander II of Russia]]''' was assassinated near his palace in a bomb-throwing plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]] and three other revolutionaries. | ||
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| [[1884]] – [[Mahdist War]]: Forces loyal to self-proclaimed [[Mahdi]] [[Muhammad Ahmad]] began '''[[Siege of Khartoum|a 319-day siege]]''' of a combined Anglo-Egyptian force defending [[Khartoum]], Sudan. | | [[1884]] – [[Mahdist War]]: Forces loyal to self-proclaimed [[Mahdi]] [[Muhammad Ahmad]] began '''[[Siege of Khartoum|a 319-day siege]]''' of a combined Anglo-Egyptian force defending [[Khartoum]], Sudan. | ||
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|[[1954]] – [[Việt Minh]] forces under General [[Võ Nguyên Giáp]] began a massive [[artillery]] bombardment on the French military, beginning the '''[[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]]''', the climactic battle of the [[First Indochina War]]. | |||
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| [[1962]] – [[Lyman Lemnitzer]], the Chairman of the U.S. [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], presented to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] a [[false flag]] conspiracy plan, '''[[Operation Northwoods]]''', intended to create public support for a war against [[Fidel Castro]] and Cuba. | |||
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| [[1997]] – A series of '''[[Phoenix Lights|unexplained lights]]''' appeared in the skies over the US states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]], and the Mexican state of [[Sonora]]. | | [[1997]] – A series of '''[[Phoenix Lights|unexplained lights]]''' appeared in the skies over the US states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]], and the Mexican state of [[Sonora]]. | ||
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| '''[[Odette Hallowes]]'''<!--English spy--> |d|1995 | | '''[[Odette Hallowes]]'''<!--English spy--> |d|1995 | ||
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| | |'''[[Hee Seo]]'''<!--South Korean ballerina-->|b|1986 | ||
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| | |'''[[Benjamin Mountfort]]'''<!--English-New Zealand architect--> |b|1825| | ||
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* [[1567]] – A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the '''[[Battle of Oosterweel]]''' in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], beginning the [[Eighty Years' War]]. | * [[1567]] – A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the '''[[Battle of Oosterweel]]''' in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], beginning the [[Eighty Years' War]]. | ||
* [[1697]] – [[Nojpetén]], capital of the [[Peten Itza kingdom|Itza Maya]] kingdom, fell to Spanish [[conquistador]]s, the final step in the '''[[Spanish conquest of Guatemala]]'''. | * [[1697]] – [[Nojpetén]], capital of the [[Peten Itza kingdom|Itza Maya]] kingdom, fell to Spanish [[conquistador]]s, the final step in the '''[[Spanish conquest of Guatemala]]'''. | ||
* [[1781]] – [[William Herschel]] discovered the planet '''[[Uranus]]''' from the garden of his house in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England, initially considering it to be a [[comet]]. | |||
* [[1811]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: A British [[frigate]] squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the '''[[Battle of Lissa (1811)|Battle of Lissa]]''' in the [[Adriatic Sea]]. | * [[1811]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: A British [[frigate]] squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the '''[[Battle of Lissa (1811)|Battle of Lissa]]''' in the [[Adriatic Sea]]. | ||
* [[1845]] – German composer [[Felix Mendelssohn]]'s '''[[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto]]''' was premiered in [[Leipzig]] with [[Ferdinand David (musician)|Ferdinand David]] as the soloist. | |||
* [[1920]] – The '''[[Kapp Putsch]]''' ''(participants pictured)'', an attempted [[Coup d'état|coup]] aiming to undo the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919]], briefly ousted the government of the [[Weimar Republic]]. | * [[1920]] – The '''[[Kapp Putsch]]''' ''(participants pictured)'', an attempted [[Coup d'état|coup]] aiming to undo the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919]], briefly ousted the government of the [[Weimar Republic]]. | ||
* [[ | * [[1943]] – [[The Holocaust]]: Nazi troops <!--under [[Amon Göth]] -->began the final liquidation of the '''[[Kraków Ghetto]]''' in [[General Government|German-occupied Poland]], sending about 2,000 Jews to the [[Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp|Płaszów labor camp]] ''(deportation pictured)'', with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]. | ||
* [[1985]] – One of England's worst incidents of [[football hooliganism]] occurred when supporters of [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] '''[[1985 Luton riot|rioted]]''' before a match at [[Kenilworth Road]] stadium. | * [[1985]] – One of England's worst incidents of [[football hooliganism]] occurred when supporters of [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] '''[[1985 Luton riot|rioted]]''' before a match at [[Kenilworth Road]] stadium. | ||
* [[1986]] – Claiming the right of [[innocent passage]], the American warships ''[[USS Yorktown (CG-48)|Yorktown]]'' and ''[[USS Caron|Caron]]'' '''[[1986 Black Sea incident|entered Soviet territorial waters]]''' in the [[Black Sea]]. | * [[1986]] – Claiming the right of [[innocent passage]], the American warships ''[[USS Yorktown (CG-48)|Yorktown]]'' and ''[[USS Caron|Caron]]'' '''[[1986 Black Sea incident|entered Soviet territorial waters]]''' in the [[Black Sea]]. | ||
* [[1988]] – The '''[[Seikan Tunnel]]''' | * [[1988]] – The 53.85 km (33.46 mi) '''[[Seikan Tunnel]]''' opened between the cities of [[Hakodate]] and [[Aomori]], Japan. | ||
* | * [[2004]] – The Filipino singer '''[[Rachelle Ann Go]]''' won the reality talent show ''[[Search for a Star]]'', performing a cover of [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[Through the Rain]]" in the grand final. | ||
* [[2013]] – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio [[2013 papal conclave|was elected]] as '''[[Pope Francis]]''', making him the first [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere<!--, as well as the first non-European pope in over 1,000 years-->. | |||
* Born/died this day: | '''[[Daniel Lambert]]'''<!--English animal breeder--> |b|1770| '''[[Mustafa Reşid Pasha]]'''<!--Ottoman diplomat--> |b|1800|'''[[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent]]'''<!--English admiral--> |d|1823| '''[[Hans Gude]]'''<!--Norwegian painter--> |b|1825| '''[[Percival Lowell]]'''<!--American astronomer--> |b|1855| '''[[Benjamin Harrison]]'''<!--American president--> |d|1901|'''[[Sālote Tupou III]]'''<!--Tongan queen--> |b|1900| '''[[Jane Grigson]]'''<!--English cookery writer--> |b|1928| '''[[Helen Renton]]'''<!--Scottish air force officer--> |b|1931| '''[[Anne Acheson]]'''<!--Irish sculptor--> |d|1962| '''[[Iris Calderhead]]'''<!--American suffragist--> |d|1966 '''[[Encarnacion Alzona]]'''<!--Filipino historian, female--> |d|2001 | |||
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'''[[March 13]]''': '''[[ | '''[[March 13]]''': '''[[Fast of Esther]]''' (Judaism, 2025)<!--this normally is the day before Purim except when Purim starts on Saturday--> | ||
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* [[ | * [[1741]] – [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the '''[[Battle of Cartagena de Indias]]''' ''(pictured)''. | ||
* [[ | * [[1848]] – '''[[Klemens von Metternich]]''' was forced to resign as the foreign minister of [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] following student demonstrations in [[Vienna]]. | ||
* [[1964]] – '''[[Murder of Kitty Genovese|Kitty Genovese]]''' was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the [[bystander effect]] due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her. | |||
* [[ | * [[1996]] – '''[[Dunblane massacre|A mass shooting at a primary school]]''' occurred in [[Dunblane]], Scotland, killing 16 children and a teacher and prompting tighter [[firearms regulation in the United Kingdom|gun control in the United Kingdom]]. | ||
{{Born and died list| '''[[John | {{Born and died list|'''[[John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden]]'''<!--English nobleman--> |b|1719|'''[[Adolf Anderssen]]'''<!--German chess player--> |d|1879| '''[[Meinhard Michael Moser]]'''<!--Austrian mycologist--> |b|1924|'''[[Jan Howard]]'''<!--American singer--> |b|1929|}} | ||
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| 624 – Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeated the Quraysh of Mecca in Badr, present-day Saudi Arabia. | refimprove section |
| 874 – The remains of Saint Nicephorus were brought back to Constantinople to be interred at the Church of the Holy Apostles. | refimprove |
| 1639 – Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was named after its first principal donor, clergyman John Harvard. | Citations needed |
| 1881 – Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated near his palace in a bomb-throwing plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki and three other revolutionaries. | unreferenced section (Ancestry) |
| 1884 – Mahdist War: Forces loyal to self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad began a 319-day siege of a combined Anglo-Egyptian force defending Khartoum, Sudan. | refimprove |
| 1954 – Việt Minh forces under General Võ Nguyên Giáp began a massive artillery bombardment on the French military, beginning the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the climactic battle of the First Indochina War. | Citation needed for date |
| 1962 – Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented to the Secretary of Defense a false flag conspiracy plan, Operation Northwoods, intended to create public support for a war against Fidel Castro and Cuba. | Too much uncited |
| 1997 – A series of unexplained lights appeared in the skies over the US states of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Sonora. | refimprove |
| Odette Hallowes |d|1995 | refimprove section |
| Hee Seo|b|1986 | birth date failed verification |
| Benjamin Mountfort |b|1825| | Citation needed |
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- 1567 – A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the Battle of Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.
- 1697 – Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
- 1781 – William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.
- 1811 – Napoleonic Wars: A British frigate squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea.
- 1845 – German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was premiered in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as the soloist.
- 1920 – The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.
- 1943 – The Holocaust: Nazi troops began the final liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in German-occupied Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp (deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to Auschwitz.
- 1985 – One of England's worst incidents of football hooliganism occurred when supporters of Luton Town and Millwall rioted before a match at Kenilworth Road stadium.
- 1986 – Claiming the right of innocent passage, the American warships Yorktown and Caron entered Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea.
- 1988 – The 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Seikan Tunnel opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.
- 2004 – The Filipino singer Rachelle Ann Go won the reality talent show Search for a Star, performing a cover of Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" in the grand final.
- 2013 – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.
- Born/died this day: | Daniel Lambert |b|1770| Mustafa Reşid Pasha |b|1800|John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent |d|1823| Hans Gude |b|1825| Percival Lowell |b|1855| Benjamin Harrison |d|1901|Sālote Tupou III |b|1900| Jane Grigson |b|1928| Helen Renton |b|1931| Anne Acheson |d|1962| Iris Calderhead |d|1966 Encarnacion Alzona |d|2001
Notes[edit source]
- Rings of Uranus appears on March 10, so Uranus should not appear in the same year.
March 13: Fast of Esther (Judaism, 2025)
British attack on Cartagena de Indias
British attack on Cartagena de Indias
- 1741 – War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (pictured).
- 1848 – Klemens von Metternich was forced to resign as the foreign minister of Austria following student demonstrations in Vienna.
- 1964 – Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
- 1996 – A mass shooting at a primary school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and a teacher and prompting tighter gun control in the United Kingdom.
- John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (b. 1719)
- Adolf Anderssen (d. 1879)
- Meinhard Michael Moser (b. 1924)
- Jan Howard (b. 1929)