Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 20, 1896 | With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China. |
| March 19, 1563 | The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots. |
| March 24, 1401 | Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.[5] |
| March 16, 1935 | Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht. |
| March 18, 2015 | The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. Twenty-three people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded. |
| March 25, 1802 | The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom. |
| March 16, 1969 | A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.[13] |
| March 19, 2016 | An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36. |
| March 8, 1916 | World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila. |
| March 31, 1958 | In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265. |
| March 12, 1579 | Start of the Siege of Maastricht, part of the Eighty Years' War. |
| March 26, 1885 | The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada. |
| March 15, 1918 | Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins. |
| March 12, 2003 | Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade. |
| March 2, 1992 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations. |
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