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22nd March in History

    1829 The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.     1914 World’s 1st airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line,…

15th March in history

44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and…

9th March in history

1554  Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated and his rebellion against Queen Mary crushed 1788  Austria declares war on Russia 1861  Tennessee votes against…

3rd March in History

1409 Austrian civil war ends 1815 US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute 1857 Second Opium War: France and the…

2nd March in History

   1791 Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.    1865 Second Taranaki War: The Volkner Incident in New…

1st March in History

   1634 Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians    1896 Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.    1912 U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry performs…

25th February in history

138 – The Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. 1336 – Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather…

24th February in history

303 – Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire. 1386 – King Charles III of…

23rd February in History

303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian…

22nd February in history

705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty. 1819 – By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States…

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