Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13: Difference between revisions
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* [[874]] - The [[bone]]s of '''[[Saint Nicephorus]]''' were [[Burial|interred]] in [[Constantinople]]. | * [[874]] - The [[bone]]s of '''[[Saint Nicephorus]]''' were [[Burial|interred]] in [[Constantinople]]. | ||
* [[1639]] - [[ | * [[1639]] - Already two years old but usually called simply "the New College", [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]] was named after its first principal donor, [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]]. | ||
* [[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]]. | ||