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| [[874]] – The remains of '''[[Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Saint Nicephorus]]''' were brought back to [[Constantinople]] to be interred at the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]]. | | [[874]] – The remains of '''[[Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Saint Nicephorus]]''' were brought back to [[Constantinople]] to be interred at the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]]. | ||
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| [[1845]] – German composer [[Felix Mendelssohn]]'s '''[[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto]]'''<!-- ''(1<sup>st</sup> movement ''Allegro molto appassionato'' featured)''-->, one of the most popular [[violin concerto]]s of all time, received its world première in [[Leipzig]]. | |||
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|[[1881]] – Tsar '''[[Alexander II of Russia]]''' was assassinated near his palace in a bomb-throwing plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]] and three other revolutionaries. | |[[1881]] – Tsar '''[[Alexander II of Russia]]''' was assassinated near his palace in a bomb-throwing plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]] and three other revolutionaries. | ||
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* [[1639]] – [[Harvard College]]<!--not bold, date not in article and unreferenced section--> in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], '''[[History of Harvard University|was named]]''' after its first principal donor, clergyman [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]]. | |||
* [[1697]] – [[Nojpetén]], capital of the [[Itza|Itza Maya]] kingdom, fell to Spanish [[conquistador]]s, the final step in the '''[[Spanish conquest of Guatemala]]'''. | * [[1697]] – [[Nojpetén]], capital of the [[Itza|Itza Maya]] kingdom, fell to Spanish [[conquistador]]s, the final step in the '''[[Spanish conquest of Guatemala]]'''. | ||
* [[ | * [[1920]] – The '''[[Kapp Putsch]]''' ''(participants pictured)'', an attempted [[Coup d'état|coup]] aiming to undo the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919]], briefly ousted the government of the [[Weimar Republic]]. | ||
* [[1954]] – [[Việt Minh]] forces under General [[Võ Nguyên Giáp]] began a massive [[artillery]] bombardment on the French military, beginning the '''[[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]]''', the climactic battle of the [[First Indochina War]]. | |||
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* [[1962]] – [[Lyman Lemnitzer]], the Chairman of the U.S. [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], presented to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] a [[false flag]] conspiracy plan, '''[[Operation Northwoods]]''', intended to create public support for a war against [[Fidel Castro]] and Cuba. | * [[1962]] – [[Lyman Lemnitzer]], the Chairman of the U.S. [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], presented to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] a [[false flag]] conspiracy plan, '''[[Operation Northwoods]]''', intended to create public support for a war against [[Fidel Castro]] and Cuba. | ||
* [[1964]] – '''[[Murder of Kitty Genovese|Kitty Genovese]]''' was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the [[bystander effect]] due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her. | * [[1964]] – '''[[Murder of Kitty Genovese|Kitty Genovese]]''' was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the [[bystander effect]] due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her. | ||
* [[1985]] – One of England's worst incidents of [[football hooliganism]] occurred when supporters of [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] '''[[1985 Luton riot|rioted]]''' before a match at [[Kenilworth Road]] stadium. | * [[1985]] – One of England's worst incidents of [[football hooliganism]] occurred when supporters of [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] '''[[1985 Luton riot|rioted]]''' before a match at [[Kenilworth Road]] stadium. | ||
* [[1988]] – The '''[[Seikan Tunnel]]''', the longest and deepest tunnel in the world at the time, opened between the cities of [[Hakodate, Hokkaido|Hakodate]] and [[Aomori, Aomori|Aomori]], Japan. | * [[1988]] – The '''[[Seikan Tunnel]]''', the longest and deepest tunnel in the world at the time, opened between the cities of [[Hakodate, Hokkaido|Hakodate]] and [[Aomori, Aomori|Aomori]], Japan. | ||
* [[ | * [[1996]] – A gunman '''[[Dunblane massacre|killed sixteen children and a teacher]]''' at a primary school in [[Dunblane]], Scotland, before committing suicide. | ||
* Born/died this day: '''[[John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden]]''' | * Born/died this day: | '''[[John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden]]'''<!--English nobleman--> |b|1719| '''[[Daniel Lambert]]'''<!--English animal breeder--> |b|1770| '''[[Mustafa Reşid Pasha]]'''<!--Ottoman diplomat--> |b|1800| '''[[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent]]'''<!--English admiral--> |d|1823| '''[[Hans Gude]]'''<!--Norwegian painter--> |b|1825| '''[[Adolf Anderssen]]'''<!--German chess player--> |d|1879| '''[[Benjamin Harrison]]'''<!--American president--> |d|1901| '''[[Anne Acheson]]'''<!--Irish sculptor--> |d|1962 | ||
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* [[1567]] – A Spanish mercenary army surprised and killed a band of rebels in the '''[[Battle of Oosterweel]]''' near [[Antwerp]] in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], beginning the [[Eighty Years' War]]. | * [[1567]] – A Spanish mercenary army surprised and killed a band of rebels in the '''[[Battle of Oosterweel]]''' near [[Antwerp]] in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], beginning the [[Eighty Years' War]]. | ||
* [[ | * [[1781]] – Astronomer and composer [[William Herschel]] discovered the planet '''[[Uranus]]''' while in the garden of his house in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England, thinking it was a [[comet]]. | ||
* [[ | * [[1943]] – [[The Holocaust]]: Nazi troops <!--under [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] [[Hauptsturmführer]] [[Amon Göth]] -->began liquidating '''[[Kraków Ghetto|the Jewish ghetto]]''' in [[Kraków]], Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the [[Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp|Płaszów labor camp]] ''(deportation pictured)'', with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]. | ||
* [[ | * [[1986]] – Claiming the right of [[innocent passage]], American warships [[USS Yorktown (CG-48)|USS ''Yorktown'']] and [[USS Caron (DD-970)|USS ''Caron'']] '''[[1986 Black Sea incident|entered]]''' the Soviet [[territorial waters]] in the [[Black Sea]], inciting Soviet combat readiness. | ||
* [[ | * [[2013]] – '''[[Pope Francis|Francis]]''' was [[Papal conclave, 2013|elected]] pope, making him the first [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] pope, the first from the Americas and the first from the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the first non-European pope in over 1,000 years. | ||
'''[[ | {{Born and died list| '''[[Percival Lowell]]'''<!--American astronomer--> |b|1855| '''[[Helen Renton]]'''<!--Scottish air force officer--> |b|1931| '''[[Encarnacion Alzona]]'''<!--Filipino historian, female--> |d|2001}} | ||
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| 624 – Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeated the Quraysh of Mecca in Badr, present-day Saudi Arabia. | primary sources |
| 874 – The remains of Saint Nicephorus were brought back to Constantinople to be interred at the Church of the Holy Apostles. | refimprove |
| 1845 – German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, one of the most popular violin concertos of all time, received its world première in Leipzig. | refimprove section |
| 1881 – Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated near his palace in a bomb-throwing plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki and three other revolutionaries. | unreferenced section |
| 1884 – Mahdist War: Forces loyal to self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad began a 319-day siege of a combined Anglo-Egyptian force defending Khartoum, Sudan. | refimprove |
| 1997 – A series of unexplained lights appeared in the skies over the US states of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Sonora. | unreferenced section |
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- 1639 – Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was named after its first principal donor, clergyman John Harvard.
- 1697 – Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
- 1920 – The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.
- 1954 – Việt Minh forces under General Võ Nguyên Giáp began a massive artillery bombardment on the French military, beginning the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the climactic battle of the First Indochina War.
- 1962 – Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented to the Secretary of Defense a false flag conspiracy plan, Operation Northwoods, intended to create public support for a war against Fidel Castro and Cuba.
- 1964 – Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
- 1985 – One of England's worst incidents of football hooliganism occurred when supporters of Luton Town and Millwall rioted before a match at Kenilworth Road stadium.
- 1988 – The Seikan Tunnel, the longest and deepest tunnel in the world at the time, opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.
- 1996 – A gunman killed sixteen children and a teacher at a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, before committing suicide.
- Born/died this day: | John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden |b|1719| Daniel Lambert |b|1770| Mustafa Reşid Pasha |b|1800| John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent |d|1823| Hans Gude |b|1825| Adolf Anderssen |d|1879| Benjamin Harrison |d|1901| Anne Acheson |d|1962
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- Rings of Uranus appears on March 10, so Uranus should not appear in the same year.
Deportation of Jews from the Kraków Ghetto
Deportation of Jews from the Kraków Ghetto
- 1567 – A Spanish mercenary army surprised and killed a band of rebels in the Battle of Oosterweel near Antwerp in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.
- 1781 – Astronomer and composer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus while in the garden of his house in Bath, England, thinking it was a comet.
- 1943 – The Holocaust: Nazi troops began liquidating the Jewish ghetto in Kraków, Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp (deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to Auschwitz.
- 1986 – Claiming the right of innocent passage, American warships USS Yorktown and USS Caron entered the Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea, inciting Soviet combat readiness.
- 2013 – Francis was elected pope, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas and the first from the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the first non-European pope in over 1,000 years.
- Percival Lowell (b. 1855)
- Helen Renton (b. 1931)
- Encarnacion Alzona (d. 2001)