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What Happened On March 15

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1875: John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States. 1875: Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States. 1311: In the Battle of Halmyros, the Catalan Company defeated the forces of Walter V, Count of Brienne, taking control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in present-day Greece. 1892: The Lobau bombing is one of the first attacks of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). 1783: In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful, and the threatened coup d'état never takes place. 1877: First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia. 1848: A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party. 1311: Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. 493: Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together. 1974: Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society, the UK's first trans-rights conference, opened with an evening reception in Leeds.

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1875 First ever
John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1875 First ever
Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1311 Oddly true
In the Battle of Halmyros, the Catalan Company defeated the forces of Walter V, Count of Brienne, taking control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in present-day Greece.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1892 First ever
The Lobau bombing is one of the first attacks of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1783 Weird
In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful, and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1877 First ever
First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1848 Oddly true
A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1311 Oddly true
Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
Read more →
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
493 First ever
Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1974 First ever
Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society, the UK's first trans-rights conference, opened with an evening reception in Leeds.
Read more →
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2011Beginning of the Syrian revolution. Wikipedia →
2008Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people. Wikipedia →
1991Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany. Wikipedia →
1990Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia →
1986Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses. Wikipedia →
1978Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War. Wikipedia →
1974Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran. Wikipedia →
1965President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. Wikipedia →
1961At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect. Wikipedia →
1951The Iranian oil industry is nationalized. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies. Wikipedia →
1939Germany occupies Czechoslovakia. Wikipedia →
1939Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day. Wikipedia →
1927The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford. Wikipedia →
1922After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. Wikipedia →
1921Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian genocide, is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian. Wikipedia →
1919Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. Wikipedia →
1919The American Legion is founded. Wikipedia →
1918Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins. Wikipedia →
1917Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty. Wikipedia →
1907The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held. Wikipedia →
1894Madeleine bombing by Désiré Pauwels during the Ère des attentats. Wikipedia →
1892The Lobau bombing is one of the first attacks of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). Wikipedia →
1888Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888. Wikipedia →
1877First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia. Wikipedia →
1875Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States. Wikipedia →
1874France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina. Wikipedia →
1848A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party. Wikipedia →
1823Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reports the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica. Wikipedia →
1820Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state. Wikipedia →
1783In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful, and the threatened coup d'état never takes place. Wikipedia →
1781The British under Charles Cornwallis defeat American forces under Nathanael Greene in the battle of Guilford Court House. Wikipedia →
1672King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians. Wikipedia →
1626A dam failure causes the sudden flooding of the mining city of Potosí in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic mercury into the environment. Wikipedia →
1564Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the jizya tax on non-Muslim subjects. Wikipedia →
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1311Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. Wikipedia →
1147Afonso I of Portugal captures in a surprise attack the city of Santarem from the Almoravids. Wikipedia →
933After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river. Wikipedia →
897Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya enters Sa'dah and founds the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen. Wikipedia →
856Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility. Wikipedia →
493Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together. Wikipedia →
351Constantius Gallus is elevated as Caesar and then sent to Antioch to govern the Roman East. Wikipedia →
44 BCThe assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March. Wikipedia →
200 BCThe Roman Republic under its new consuls Publius Sulpicius Galba and Gaius Aurelius Cotta declares war on Philip V of Macedon, starting the Second Macedonian War. Wikipedia →
474 BCRoman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. Wikipedia →

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