Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13: Difference between revisions
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{{*mp}} [[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]]. | {{*mp}} [[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]]. | ||
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[[Image:Wilhelm Herschel 03.jpg|100px|William Herschel]] | [[Image:Wilhelm Herschel 03.jpg|100px|William Herschel]] | ||
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Template:*mp 1781 - William Herschel (pictured) discovered the planet Uranus. Template:*mp 1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a Nihilist plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki. Template:*mp 1921 - Mongolia, under the Black Baron, proclaimed its independence from China. Template:*mp 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. Template:*mp 1996 - Dunblane massacre: A spree killer in Dunblane, Scotland shot 16 children and a teacher at a primary school to their death and then committed suicide.
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