March 15 in History

Invested as the Prince of Wales

Lands with the pretense he has returned to reclaim the Duchy of York, heads for York

Returns to Palos from where he had departed with his fleet before landing in America

Portuguese forces capture the French fort in Guanabara Bay

Portuguese attack weakens the French colonial project in Brazil

The Covenanters fail in their attempt to capture the Royalist Fort at South Shields

The Covenanters fail in their attempt to capture the Royalist Fort at South Shields

Grants licenses to Non Conformists to worship publicly. Attempts to remove legislation against Catholics & Non Conformists. Allows Catholics to worship in private

Attempts to extend religious liberty by royal prerogative through the Declaration of Indulgence.

Charles II issues the Declaration of Indulgence suspending penal laws against Catholics and Protestant dissenters.

Seeks to relieve Roman Catholics and Protestant nonconformists from penal religious restrictions.

Uses royal authority to exempt selected religious groups from penalties under conformity laws.

Suspends the execution of penal laws against religious nonconformists by issuing the Declaration of Indulgence.

Boufflers begins the French investment of Mons before the main siege works are opened.

Queen Anne appoints Marlborough Captain-General of her land forces.

Appointed Captain-General of Queen Anne's forces as the war coalition mobilises.

Created Grand Duke of Berg & Cleves

Created Grand Duke of Berg & Cleves

Forced to promise a constitution

Overthrown during protests in Vienna

Seeks exile in London

A bloodless revolution in Pest leads to wider social representation in the Diet

Overthrown during protests in Vienna

The March Revolution forced Jose Tadeo Monagas from office and established a provisional government.

Appointed acting President of Venezuela

Begins the siege of Dybbol, Denmark

William & the Crown Prince oppose Charles Anthonys Spanish succession. Urges Charles Anthony to accept the Spanish crown

Criticises Bismarck for making arrangements with the Centre without his knowledge

The Admiralty accepts Carden's revised plan for a heavily supported daylight assault and minesweeping effort.

Carden reports severe strain as pressure mounts for a decisive fleet assault.

Carden proposes a daylight minesweeping operation closely protected by the battle fleet after repeated night attempts fail.

Churchill provides information on British merchant ships detained, captured or destroyed during the war.

Austria-Hungary severs diplomatic relations with Portugal. Austria-Hungary declares war on Portugal

Austria-Hungary declares war on Portugal

Forced to abdicate at his Russian front HQ at Pskov

Joins the government while retaining links with the Soviet.

Returns from exile and helps edit the Bolshevik newspaper

Helps guide the paper's cautious early revolutionary line

Appointed Foreign Minister

Appointed Minister of Justice

Lenin secures ratification of the Brest-Litovsk treaty by the Fourth All-Russian Congress of Soviets.

Kerensky participates in military leadership debate during his political career.

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Leads Red troops prepared for the renewed attack.

Commands forces assigned to the southern assault group.

Prepares the final assault across the frozen gulf.

Assumes the title King after Britain recognizes Egyptian independence with reserved powers.

Becomes King as Britain recognizes Egypt as an independent sovereign state, subject to reserved matters.

France is willing to accept raw material instead of currency for German reparations

The Falange is banned

Declares in the Commons policy will not change despite Hitler's occupation of Prague

Executed by a bullet in the back of the head

Stalin has Bukharin purged & then executed

Declares in the Commons policy will not change despite Hitler's occupation of Prague

Bohemia is taken under German protection

Moravia is taken under German protection

German occupation of Czech lands completes the destruction of Czechoslovakia.

The First Beran Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

German troops occupy the Czech lands.

Leads the 3rd army into Bohemia as Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia

Hitler visits Prague & declares a German Protectorate over Bohemia & Moravia

German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist. German troops cross the Czech border

Hitler sleps in the Presidential Palace

Hitler visits Prague and declares a German Protectorate over Bohemia and Moravia

German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist

Hitler visits Prague and declares a German Protectorate over Bohemia and Moravia

German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist

Hitler occupied the Czech lands, violating the Munich pledge that the Sudetenland was Germany's final territorial demand.

An air attack & military bombardment destroys the town of Monte Cassino

Viet Minh capture Gabrielle after sustained assault

South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth

Organizes Bakongo militants, launches an incursion into Angola, leading 4,000 to 5,000 militants

Organizes Bakongo militants, launches an incursion into Angola, leading 4,000 to 5,000 militants

Bissell works with CIA planners to prepare a revised military plan meeting White House political restrictions.

Named as one of six pilot-engineers who would fly the space plane when it got off the design board

Lee received notice that immigration authorities had approved Marina's application for a United States visa.

Calls for voting rights legislation after Selma.

Wins another presidential term through an uncontested referendum.

Addresses Congress after Selma and calls for voting rights legislation, declaring “We shall overcome.”

Appointed President of Brazil

"The Lady Madonna" is released as a single with "The Inner Light" as the "B" side, the 1st Harrison composition to be released on a Beatles single

British Foreign Secretary George Brown resigns

British Foreign Secretary George Brown resigns

Fourth round of SALT talks begin in Vienna

4th round of the nuclear SALT talks begin in Vienna

Says he will call an election if the opposition makes it impossible to govern

Appointed President of Brazil

Meets with his commanders at Camranh & orders withdrawal from the Northern Provinces

A major uprising in Herat exposes the revolutionary government's weak control outside Kabul.

Appointed President of Brazil

Tax allowances are raised by 14%, 1.75 million are taken out of income tax

Tax allowances are raised by 14%, 1.75 million are taken out of income tax

End of the flying pickets outside Ollerton colliery

Appointed President of Brazil after Tancredo Neves was unable to take office

Sworn in as the 1st executive President of the USSR

Sworn in as the 1st executive President of the USSR

UN peacekeepers deploy as Khmer Rouge obstruct operations

Yitzhak Rabin meets at the White House with President Clinton, after which Rabin offers to negotiate the return of part of the Golan Heights to Syria

Yitzhak Rabin meets at the White House with President Clinton, after which Rabin offers to negotiate the return of part of the Golan Heights to Syria

Forms an interim government after Meciar is removed.

I participates in foreign policy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Appointed High Commissioners for Human Rights for the United Nations

Appointed High Commissioners for Human Rights for the United Nations

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer for his production legacy.

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.

Moyo oversees legislation regulating journalists and media organisations.

Dragan Mikerevic becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers

General Assembly creates the Human Rights Council during Annan's reform agenda

Tibetan demonstrations occur in Gansu as unrest spreads beyond the autonomous region.

The Dalai Lama's administration reports demonstrations in Tibetan areas of Gansu.

Demonstrations spread from Lhasa into Tibetan communities in neighbouring Chinese provinces.

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis.

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis.

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis.

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis.

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis.

Resigns after protests over the Kuciak murder.

Responds to the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Declares a national state of disaster.

Declares a state of emergency and quarantine.

Dbeibah and his cabinet take the oath before the House of Representatives.

Addresses Canada's Parliament and appeals for stronger military and economic support.

Reports from Mariupol during the Russian siege.

Poland receives millions of Ukrainian refugees.

Birth of William Lamb, son of the 1st Lord Melbourne

Birth of Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh)

Death of Nikolai Bukharin

Defeats the raiding Magyars

Defeated & killed by the future Henry III

Despite victory Cornwallis cannot hold Georgia & the Carolinas

Defeated by the Spanish at La Puerta

Carden's final operational plan places the minesweepers under close protection of the battle fleet for the proposed daylight clearance.

Liu Handong's Nationalist troops fight Communist forces for control of Siping

Li Tianyou helps command Communist forces during the first 1946 battle for Siping

Wan Yi participates in Communist operations during the March fighting at Siping

Viet Minh capture the Gabrielle strongpoint