#TodayInHistory – March 19
March 19 โ Some Important Events on this day 1279 ๐๐ผ A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China 1452 ๐๐ผ Frederick III […]
#TodayInHistory – March 18
March 18 โ Some Important Events on this day 37 ๐๐ผ Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor 1123 […]
#TodayInHistory – March 16
March 16 โ Some Important Events on this day 597 BC ๐๐ผ Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king 1527 ๐๐ผ Battle of Khanua: Mughal Emperor Babur defeats […]
#March 15, 1889: the power of nature blows gunboat diplomacy out of the water in Apia Harbour, Western Samoa
Gunboat diplomacy was at its height in 1889 and on this day, March 15, tension was high with an act of war seemingly imminent. Three American warships (the sloop-of-war USS […]
#TodayInHistory – March 15
March 15 โ Some Important Events on this day 44 BC ๐๐ผ Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators on the Ides of […]
#TodayInHistory – March 14
March 14 โ Some Important Events on this day 1369 ๐๐ผ Battle of Montiel: King of Castille and Leon Peter of Castile (Peter the Cruel) with support from England is […]
#March 13, 1770: Daniel Lambert – the heaviest person ever to have lived
Nobody knows what was wrong with Daniel Lambert who was born on this day, March 13 1770. But he went from being a slim, athletic, sports-loving guy to a very […]
#TodayInHistory – March 13
March 13 โ Some Important Events on this day 624 ๐๐ผ Battle of Badr: Muhammad’s Muslim forces win significant victory over Meccan army 1591 ๐๐ผ Battle at Tondibi: Moroccan army […]
#TodayInHistory – March 12
March 12 โ Some Important Events on this day 538 ๐๐ผ Witiges, King of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome, retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands […]
#TodayInHistory – March 11
March 11 โ Some Important Events on this day 1425 BC ๐๐ผ According to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty, Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt dies. ๐ช๐ฌ 843 ๐๐ผ […]
#TodayInHistory – March 10
March 10 โ Some Important Events on this day 241 BC ๐๐ผ Battle of the Aegates Islands: the Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an […]
#March 9, 1974: the incredible Hiroo Onodaโs One-Man war finally ends
Nearly 30 years after the end of the Second World War Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda finally surrendered on this day, March 9 1974. His story is curious: he had been […]
#TodayInHistory – March 9
March 9 โ Some Important Events on this day 141 BC ๐๐ผ Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne of the Han Dynasty in China […]
#March 8, 1971: Frank Sinatra photographs the fight of the century
It was described as โthe Fight of the Centuryโ: Muhammad Ali, who had been stripped of his World Heavyweight Championship and suspended from boxing for three years after refusing to […]
#TodayInHistory – March 8
March 8 โ Some Important Events on this day 1531 ๐๐ผ Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury 1867 ๐๐ผ British North […]
#TodayInHistory – March 7
March 7 โ Some Important Events on this day 161 ๐๐ผ Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement […]
#TodayInHistory – March 6
March 6 – Some Important Events on this day 1454 ๐๐ผ Thirteen Years’ War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king […]
#March 5, 1953: Dictator and mass murderer Stalin goes to his grave
Iosif Vissarionoviฤ Dลพugaลกvili Stalin, the brutal Russian dictator who sent millions of his countrymen to their deaths, joined them on this day, March 5 1953, after failing to recover from […]
#March 4, 1975: Charlie Chaplin was knighted at Buckingham Palace
Charlie Chaplin was knighted at Buckingham Palace on this day, March 4 1975, to become Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE. At the time he was 85. Even though the countless […]
#TodayInHistory – March 4
March 4 – Some Important Events on this day 1152 ๐๐ผ Frederick I Barbarossa elected Holy Roman Emperor 1238 ๐๐ผ Battle of the Sit River: Mongol forces of Batu Khan […]
#March 3, 1875: Carmen, the opera that shocked Paris
Carmen, now one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the world, had its premiere on this day, March 3 1875, in Paris. However, its story of an […]
#TodayInHistory – March 3
March 3 – Some Important Events on this day 1575 ๐๐ผ Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi 1857 ๐๐ผ Second Opium War: France and […]
#March 2, 1998: The film โTitanicโ became the first ever movie to earn 1 billion US dollars at the box office.
The film “Titanic” became, on this day, March 2, 1998, the first ever movie to earn 1 billion US dollars at the box office. And, the love story of the […]
#TodayInHistory – March 1
March 1 – Some Important Events on this day 1516 ๐๐ผ Printing is completed of Erasmus’ “Novum Instrumentum omne”, first published New Testament in Greek 1780 ๐๐ผPennsylvania becomes 1st US […]
#February 29, 1504: The crafty Christopher Columbus’ leap year trick
Anyone born on February 29th would not consider themselves lucky. For istance, they have a real birthday only once every four years, when it is a leap year, such this […]
#February 28, 1874: the curious case of the โbaronetโ from Wagga Wagga
Arthur Orton, who became known as the Tichborne Claimant, was found guilty of perjury on this day, February 28, 1874, after the longest trial in English history. The bizarre case, […]
#February 24, 1825: Thomas Bowdler, the man who Re-wrote the “Offensive” Shakespeare
Thomas Bowdler, a doctor and philanthropist, popular to be the man who took all the naughty bits out of Shakespeare, died on this day, February 24, 1825, even if he […]
#February 18, 1966: the casket that carried assassinated President John F. Kennedy buried at sea.
Dallas, Texas, USA. The casket used to carry the body of assassinated President John F. Kennedy from Dallas to Washington was, on this day, February 18, 1966, parachuted into oblivion. […]
#February 16, 1923: A deadly bite, or King Tut’s revenge?
Cairo, Egypt. February 16, 1923, and a discovery that would have made Indiana Jones himself envious: archaeologist Howard Carter opened the sealed doorway leading to the burial chamber and sarcophagus […]