Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13: Difference between revisions
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* [[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]]. | |||
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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]]. | ||
* [[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]]. | ||
* [[1921]] - [[Mongolia]], under the '''[[Roman Ungern von Sternberg|''Black Baron'']]''', proclaimed its independence from [[China]]. | |||
* [[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]]. | * [[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]]. | ||
Recent days: [[March 12]] – [[March 11]] – [[March 10]] | Recent days: [[March 12]] – [[March 11]] – [[March 10]] | ||
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