Historical Events in March, Month of March Events

Here is a list of some historical events in March. You can learn What major event happened in March?

Date Event
March 14, 1663 According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion.
March 30, 1939 The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
March 3, 1939 In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
March 9, 1009 First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
March 26, 1971 East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
March 24, 1860 Sakuradamon Incident: Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke is assassinated by rōnin samurai outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.
March 21, 1871 Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
March 22, 1978 Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
March 16, 1941 Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland
March 2, 1498 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.
March 4, 1791 The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
March 27, 1964 The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
March 20, 1616 Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
March 22, 2006 Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox.
March 5, 1963 American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.

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