Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13: Difference between revisions
fixed Patriarch Nicephorus I of Constantinople page, 847 item restored, rewritten |
typo: 847 -> 874 |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
[[Image:William Herschel.jpg|100px|William Herschel]] | [[Image:William Herschel.jpg|100px|William Herschel]] | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
* [[ | * [[874]] - The remains of '''[[Patriarch Nicephorus I of Constantinople|Saint Nicephorus]]''' were brought back to [[Constantinople]] to be [[Burial|interred]] at the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]]. | ||
* [[1781]] - [[William Herschel]] ''(pictured)'' discovered the [[planet]] '''[[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]'''. | * [[1781]] - [[William Herschel]] ''(pictured)'' discovered the [[planet]] '''[[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]'''. | ||
* [[1881]] - [[Tsar]] '''[[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]''' of [[Imperial Russia|Russia]] was [[assassination|assassinated]] in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]]. | * [[1881]] - [[Tsar]] '''[[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]''' of [[Imperial Russia|Russia]] was [[assassination|assassinated]] in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:50, 7 March 2006
March 13: Fast of Esther in Judaism, Commonwealth Day (2006).
- 874 - The remains of Saint Nicephorus were brought back to Constantinople to be interred at the Church of the Holy Apostles.
- 1781 - William Herschel (pictured) discovered the planet Uranus.
- 1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a Nihilist plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki.
- 1921 - Mongolia, under the Black Baron, proclaimed its independence from China.
- 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.
Recent days: March 12 – March 11 – March 10
More anniversaries: