Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Mar 31, 1084 |
Anti-pope Clemens crowns German King Hendrik IV as Holy Roman Emperor |
Mar 31, 1146 |
Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade. |
Mar 31, 1492 |
Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand of Aragon issue Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon |
Mar 31, 1504 |
France & Spain sign ceasefire |
Mar 31, 1521 |
Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus |
Mar 31, 1547 |
Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France |
Mar 31, 1644 |
Pope Urbanus VIII & duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara |
Mar 31, 1651 |
Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru |
Mar 31, 1657 |
English Parliament makes the Humble Petition to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell offering him the crown: he declines |
Mar 31, 1667 |
France & England sign anti-Dutch military accord |
Mar 31, 1683 |
Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey |
Mar 31, 1717 |
A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provoked the Bangorian Controversy. |
Mar 31, 1745 |
Jews are expelled from Prague |
Mar 31, 1796 |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Egmont" premieres in Weimar |
Mar 31, 1808 |
French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names |
Mar 31, 1814 |
Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris |
Mar 31, 1822 |
The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following a rebellion attempt, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. |
Mar 31, 1831 |
Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends |
Mar 31, 1831 |
Quebec & Montreal incorporated |
Mar 31, 1841 |
1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B |
Mar 31, 1849 |
Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF |
Mar 31, 1850 |
US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) |
Mar 31, 1854 |
Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to US |
Mar 31, 1861 |
Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans (US Civil War) |
Mar 31, 1862 |
Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River |
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