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*[[874]] - The bones of '''[[Saint Nicephorus]]''' were interred in [[Constantinople]]. | *[[874]] - The bones of '''[[Saint Nicephorus]]''' were interred in [[Constantinople]]. | ||
*[[1639]] - '''[[Harvard University]]''' was named for a [[clergy]]man. | *[[1639]] - '''[[Harvard University|Harvard College]]''' was named for a [[clergy]]man. | ||
*[[1781]] - [[William Herschel]] discovered the [[planet]] '''[[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]'''. | *[[1781]] - [[William Herschel]] discovered the [[planet]] '''[[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]'''. | ||
*[[1881]] - '''[[Alexander II of Russia]]''' was killed in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] bombing. | *[[1881]] - '''[[Alexander II of Russia]]''' was killed in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] bombing. | ||
Revision as of 03:46, 14 March 2004
On March 13:
- 874 - The bones of Saint Nicephorus were interred in Constantinople.
- 1639 - Harvard College was named for a clergyman.
- 1781 - William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
- 1881 - Alexander II of Russia was killed in a Nihilist bombing.
- 1954 - Battle of Dien Bien Phu, last battle of the Indochina War, began.