March 10 in History

The citizens of Edessa gave Baldwin control of the city

Appointed Governor of Dun on the River Meuse

Appointed Governor of Villefranche

Declares war on Spain after the Commons has granted funds

Charles raises money by fines imposed by star Chamber & selling monopolies

Parliament does not open again for 11 yrs

Takes personal control after Mazarin's death.

Appointed Prime Minister of France, appoints himself

Appointed Head of the Confederation, 1st term

Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain

The Cortes passes a liberal constitution under a hereditary monarch. Ferdinand VII repudiates the liberal constitution

1st day of the siege of Torgau

Sikh organised resistance collapses as the remaining forces lay down their arms.

The Sikh military position collapses, enabling British authority to be imposed more fully in the Punjab.

The Sikhs lay down their arms

The Sikhs lay down their arms

Marries Alexandra, eldest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark

Lincoln issues a proclamation establishing a national Thanksgiving observance

Leads the first ascent of Mount Erebus with Douglas Mawson and Alistair Mackay during Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition

Climbs Mt Erebus, the worlds southernmost active volcano

Further minesweeping is attempted under Carden's command as the fleet struggles to create a safe channel toward the Narrows.

Keyes sends minesweepers against the main mine lines near Kephez under heavy Ottoman fire.

Haig orders reserves forward after British troops penetrate the first German defensive positions.

Haig's First Army opens the Neuve Chapelle offensive after a concentrated artillery bombardment.

Lenin and the Soviet government leave Petrograd for Moscow because the former capital is vulnerable to German attack.

Issues the operaion Michael order

Proclaims himself King of Syria & Palestine

Proclaims himself King of Syria & Palestine but 15 weeks later deposed by the French

Appeals against bloodshed during the crisis.

Condemns Bolshevik repression of the sailors.

Criticises Bolshevik suppression from exile.

Maintains rebel morale as the fortress holds out.

Regroups forces after the first assault fails.

Gandhi is arrested then tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years imprisonment

Takes office as Reich Finance Minister during worsening budgetary pressure, reparations obligations and currency weakness.

Hitler's public speaking ban is lifted

Expelled from the Labour Party for seeking to form a new Party

Flandin urges the Locarno signatories to demand German withdrawal from the remilitarized Rhineland.

Decides on military occupation before Schuschnigg's plebiscite of March 13th

Decides on military occupation before Schuschnigg's plebiscite of March 13th

The Czech President Hacha dismisses the Slovak Government from office

The remainder of Czechoslovakia is occupied, 10-16 March

Allied appeasement ends when Germany occupies the remainder of Czech, Bohemia-Moravia

Appointed Prime Minister of the Slovak Government

Defends his opposition to appeasement to his constituents

Penaranda wins the presidential election as candidate of the conservative alliance.

Penaranda wins the presidential election as candidate of the conservative alliance.

General election outcome recorded for Enrique Penaranda Castillo: Penaranda wins the presidential election as candidate of the conservative alliance.

Government context for this general election: Penaranda wins the presidential election as candidate of the conservative alliance.

Konevs units make contact Zhukov threatening the remains of the 1st Panzer Army

2 million have been made homeless in Tokyo

Appointed Commander in Chief, West

Appointed Commander in Chief, West

Konevs units join Zhukov near Vinnitsa threatening the remains of the 1st Panzer Army

Monje Gutierrez transfers presidential authority to the elected Enrique Hertzog.

Hertzog begins his constitutional presidency.

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan

Appointed Prime Minister of France, 3rd term

Holds power with the backing of a nationalist section of the army as a "provisional president" for the next two years. Batista fears that Barquin would oust him and his followers, and when it becomes apparent that Batista had little chance of winning the election he stages a coup

Batista fears that Barquin would oust him and his followers, and when it becomes apparent that Batista had little chance of winning the election he stages a coup

Russia proposes a 4 power conference on the unification & rearmament of Germany

Seizes power by military coup before scheduled elections.

Appointed President of Cuba, 3rd term

Russia proposes a 4 power conference on the unification & rearmament of Germany

Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort to nuclear weapons in the event of war

Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort to nuclear weapons in the event of war

Mohammad Yusuf becomes prime minister and leads preparations for constitutional government.

Daoud resigns after King Zahir Shah seeks constitutional government and reduced tension with Pakistan.

Pink Floyd release Arnold Layne as their debut single in the United Kingdom

Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later

Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later

Indira Gandhi leads Congress to a decisive victory in the 1971 general election.

Appointed Prime Minister of Australia

Cheng Heng resigns and transfers chief-of-state powers to Lon Nol

Lon Nol becomes President of the Khmer Republic

Deng Xiaoping is restored to government work with Zhou Enlai's support and Mao's approval

Represents Germany at the first meeting formally held under the title European Council.

Hosts the first formal meeting of the European Council at Dublin Castle.

The north make a succesful attack on Ban Me Thuot in the central highlands

39 of the left abstain in the Commons on the motion for further cuts

Attends the public signing with A&M Records outside Buckingham Palace.

Widespread purges of cadres accused of disloyalty

At a press ceremony held outside Buckingham Palace, the Sex Pistols sign to A&M Records

M'Bow marks completion of the twenty-year international campaign to save Nubian monuments.

Announces plan to link welfare benits to work requirements

Washington prohibits Libyan oil imports and restricts strategic exports to Libya.

The United States bans Libyan oil imports and exports of oil-industry technology.

Durham and Kent coalfields join the strike

The Politburo vote to appoint Gorbachev as Chernenkos successor. Appointed President of Russia. Appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party

1st at the politburo meeting to propose Gorbachev as a replacement for Chernenko

Appointed President of the Supreme Soviet

Supports the proposal for Gorbachev as a replacement for Chernenko

Returns for a third period as Taoiseach after the 1987 general election.

Forced to resign during a coup

Forced to resign during a coup

ECOMOG intervention restores President Kabbah to power

Returns to Freetown and resumes elected presidential authority

Consults as sixteen UNMOVIC Commissioners are appointed.

The College provides advice and guidance to the Executive Chairman.

The FTSE-100 slumps to an 8 yr low

Brown monitors financial conditions as the FTSE 100 falls to an eight-year low.

Karamanlis becomes Prime Minister after winning the parliamentary election.

Kostas Karamanlis is sworn in as Prime Minister after New Democracy wins the election.

Georgia lawmakers vote unanimously for Russia to withdraw troops from soviet-era bases by Jan 1

Keegan quits as manager and decides to retire from football

Scores three times against Real Madrid as Barcelona draw 3-3 at Camp Nou.

The Dalai Lama urges Tibetans to protest peacefully and avoid violence.

Tenzin Gyatso reiterates his demand for genuine autonomy rather than Tibetan independence.

Monks begin demonstrations in Lhasa on the anniversary of the 1959 uprising.

The exile administration marks the uprising anniversary while reporting renewed protests in Tibet.

A 93-second thruster burn adjusts New Horizons' trajectory for the forthcoming Pluto encounter.

The House of Representatives grants confidence to Dbeibah's Government of National Unity.

Meets Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in the first high-level talks after the invasion

Meets Dmytro Kuleba in Turkey during early diplomatic talks

Leads Saudi diplomacy implementing the restoration of bilateral relations.

Signs the agreement restoring diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Asif Ali Zardari takes office as Pakistan's President for a second time.

Birth of Alexis I Mikhaylovich, son of Tsar Michael & Eudoxia

Birth of Avril Phaedra Campbell

Birth of Edward, gives birth to Prince Edward

Death of Karl Lueger

Death of Jan Garrigue Masaryk

Dies by suicide or murder, then a communist putsch leads to Soviet power in Czech

Death of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, dies of emphysema age 73

Death of Ray Milland

The citizens of Edessa gave Baldwin control of the city

Fights at the Battle of Ivry

Stenbock defeats the Danish army at Helsingborg and ends Denmark's attempt to retake Scania.

Kelly-Kenny's infantry fights through Boer resistance at Driefontein on the march toward Bloemfontein.