0 Roman Festival of the Tubilustrium - Purification of the War Trumpets
625 Battle of Uhod: The Quriesh defeat the Moslems
752 Election of Pope Stephen II (23-26 Mar 752)
1026 German King Conrad II declares himself King of Italy
1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I Barbarossa & Pope Eugene III
1208 Pope Innocent III excommunicates King John and lays England under interdict until the Crown restores ecclesiastical rights
1568 Peace of Longjumeau: ends French Second War of Religion (1567-1568)
1630 French capture Pinerolo, Piedmont
1657 France and England conclude an alliance against Spain
1775 Patrick Henry says ". . . give me liberty or give me death!"
1801 Accession of Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1801-1852) -- Learn More
1806 French defeat Fra Diavolo at Santa Oliva, near Itri
1806 Lewis & Clark reach the Pacific Coast
1808 Napoleon makes his brother Joseph King of Spain
1815 USS 'Hornet' captures HMS 'Penguin' in just 22 minutes, though the War of 1812 has been over for more than three months
1849 Battle of Novara: Austrians defeat the Piedmontese
1849 Brescians begin a 10-day uprising against the Austrians (fails, Apr 1)
1862 Battle of Kernstown, Va: Jackson begins his Valley Campaign
1864 Skirmish at Camden, Arkansas
1865 First black troops muster into the Confederate Army, c. 200 men at Ricmond
1879 Battle of Calama: Chileans defeat the Bolivians
1882 USN establishes the Office of Naval Intelligence
1901 Brig Gen Frederick Funston personally captures Emilio Aguinaldo
1903 The Wright Brothers receive a patent for their airplane
1915 British form the Zion Mule Corps
1918 Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
1918 Paris is shelled by German very-long range artillery
1919 Benito Mussolini founds the Fascist Party, Milan
1933 The Reichstag grants Hitler dictatorial powers
1934 Congress establishes the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and authorizes a transition to independence in 1946
1942 Andaman Is: Japanese 18th Div occupies Port Blair
1942 Lublin, Poland: 2,500 Jews massacred by the Germans
1944 RAF Flight Sergeant Nicholas Alkemade survives a 5,500 m fall without a parachute after his Lancaster is hit near Berlin
1945 Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser newly formed "British Pacific Fleet" joins the USN in the Central Pacific as TF 37/57
1956 Pakistan is proclaimed an Islamic Republic within the Commonwealth
1956 Sudan becomes independent of Anglo-Egyptian control
1957 US army sells its last homing pigeons
1965 Gemini 3 launched, first US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young)
2003 USMC Task Force Tarawa captures An Nasiriyah after a hot fight.
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