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[[Image:AlexanderIIRussia.jpeg|100px|Tzar Alexander II]] | [[Image:AlexanderIIRussia.jpeg|100px|Tzar Alexander II]] | ||
[[Image:Hagia-Sofia-01s.jpg|100px|St Nicephorus worshipped here: Hagia Sophia, Constantinople]] | [[Image:Hagia-Sofia-01s.jpg|100px|St Nicephorus worshipped here: Hagia Sophia, Constantinople]] | ||
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* [[1781]] - [[William Herschel]] discovered the [[planet]] '''[[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]'''. | * [[1781]] - [[William Herschel]] discovered the [[planet]] '''[[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]'''. | ||
* [[1881]] - [[Tsar]] '''[[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]''' of [[Imperial Russia|Russia]] was [[assassin]]ated in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]]. | * [[1881]] - [[Tsar]] '''[[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]''' of [[Imperial Russia|Russia]] was [[assassin]]ated in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]]. | ||
* [[1954]] - | * [[1954]] - [[Viet Minh]] forces under [[Vo Nguyen Giap]] unleashed a massive [[artillery]] barrage on the [[Military of France|French military]] to begin the '''[[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]]''', the final [[battle]] in the [[First Indochina War]]. | ||
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Revision as of 01:48, 11 March 2005
- 874 - The bones of Saint Nicephorus were interred in Constantinople.
- 1639 - New College in Cambridge, Massachusetts was renamed Harvard College, after its first principal donor, John Harvard.
- 1781 - William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
- 1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a Nihilist plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki.
- 1954 - Viet Minh forces under Vo Nguyen Giap unleashed a massive artillery barrage on the French military to begin the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the final battle in the First Indochina War.