History Events on March 01

The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.

#Fort_Neoheroka

The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down due to a fire.

#Minnesota_State_Capitol

Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

#Archibald_Montgomerie,_13th_Earl_of_Eglinton

Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire. After his re-accession to the throne, his eldest son Lothair I flees to Burgundy.

#Louis_the_Pious

Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.

#Samuel_Chase

The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.

#Continental_Congress

Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.

#Cold_War

Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.

#Charles_I_of_England

Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.

#Venera_3

Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.

#Mamluk

Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.

#Villarrica_(volcano)

Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.

#Uganda

President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.

#President_of_Pakistan

The Australian Army is formed.

#Australian_Army

March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.

#March_1st_Movement

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

#War_in_Afghanistan_(2001-present)

German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.

#Friedrich_Eduard_Beneke

Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law by President James Madison.

#Georgetown_University

The first United States census is authorized.

#United_States_Census_Bureau

Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.

#Napoleon

The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.

#Dutch_East_India_Company

Charles Lindbergh's son is reportedly kidnapped.

#Charles_Lindbergh

Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the death of more than 25,000 people mostly civilian.

#1991_uprisings_in_Iraq

Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar.

#Vetranio

Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.

#Joseph_Stalin

Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.

#Nikola_Tesla

The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.

#International_Monetary_Fund

E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.

#E._Remington_and_Sons

Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.

#Yellowstone_National_Park

The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.

#Wellington,_Washington

Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.

#Swedish_calendar

Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.

#Samuel_Stritch

Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.

#Nebraska

The Hoover Dam is completed.

#Hoover_Dam

Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.

#Samuel_de_Champlain

The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.

#Ba'ath_Party

Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.

#Francisco_Solano_López

Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.

#Indonesian_Army

Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.

#East_Germany

Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

#Bosnia_and_Herzegovina

United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.

#John_Tyler

World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).

#Empire_of_Japan

Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares.

#Crispus

The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons).

#Envisat

The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.

#Thailand

An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.

#Imperial_Japanese_Army

Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

#Watergate_scandal

Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.

#Massachusetts

Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

#Battle_of_Adwa

World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.

#World_War_II

Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").

#Diocletian

Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.

#Tornado

English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

#Wikipedia

Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.

#Nuclear_weapons_testing

Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.

#Independence_movement_in_Puerto_Rico

United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.

#John_F._Kennedy

Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.

#Sarah_Good

The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.

#International_Criminal_Court

Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.

#Henri_Becquerel

The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.

#Rio_de_Janeiro

The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.

#International_Air_Transport_Association

The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.

#Zimmermann_Telegram

35 people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

#2014_Kunming_attack

Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

#United_States_Customs_Service

The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.

In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.

Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.

Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.

Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.

The Bank of England is nationalised.

The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.

The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.

The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.

The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.

A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.

French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.

Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.

Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.

The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.

Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus.

Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.