March 16 in History

Appointed Guardian, 1 of 6 Guardians ruling Scotland

Parliament sets up a committee of 28 barons who rule the country, Lords Ordainers. Agrees to the election of 21 Lords ordainers to reform household & Government

Agrees to the election of 21 Lords ordainers to reform household & Government

Roger Mortimer is arrested & sent to the Tower at the Battle of Boroughbridge

Defeats Lancaster & beheads him without a trial at the Battle of Boroughbridge

Orders the execution of the Earl of Lancaster at Pontefract. 1st time a sentence of death is passed on a peer

Parliament repeals the Ordinances after Edward's victory at Boroughbridge

Marries Frederick III shortly before his imperial coronation.

Death of Anne Neville, probably of tuberculosis, at Westminster. The day she died, there was an eclipse, which some took to be an omen of her husbands fall from heavenly grace

Rowed through traitors gate

Receives news from Elizabeth she will only be her heir if she marries Leicester

Receives news from Elizabeth she will only be her heir if she marries Leicester

The restored Long Parliament dissolves itself after Monck supports elections for a new Parliament.

Monck backs elections for a new Parliament to decide the terms of Charles II's return.

Lenthall presided as the restored Long Parliament dissolved itself and called elections.

Monck supports the dissolution of the Long Parliament and new elections for a settlement with Charles II.

Created Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne after the Restoration of Charles II.

Created duke and rewarded after his estates and honours are restored.

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term

Franch agrees to restore the Illyrian Provinces to Austria. Austria agrees to provide an army for Napoleon

Franch agrees to restore the Illyrian Provinces to Austria

Prussia declares war on France

Brunel is appointed engineer for the Clifton Suspension Bridge after his revised design is selected.

Gulab Singh acquires Kashmir under the Treaty of Amritsar following the First Sikh War.

The Treaty of Amritsar recognizes Gulab Singh as Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir after the First Sikh War.

Urges Wihelm to dismiss Bismarck for concealing declining relations with Russia

Urges Wihelm to dismiss Bismarck for concealing declining relations with Russia

The Admiralty Board approves the new fast armoured-cruiser design with only minor changes.

The Russian Fleet departs Madagascar across the Indian Ocean

His sacrifice is intended to improve his companions' survival chances.

Scott records Oates's farewell before Oates, badly weakened and scarcely able to walk, leaves the tent during a blizzard and walks to his death.

Carden leaves command through illness and de Robeck takes over the naval operation.

Severe illness and nervous exhaustion prevent Carden from continuing direct command on the eve of the major fleet assault.

Supports amnesty for political prisoners after February.

British troops occupy St Pierre Vaast Wood during the German withdrawal toward the Hindenburg Line.

60 infantry divisions move up to the front

The Treaty of Brest Litovsk is ratified by the 4th Alln Congress of Soviets

Also serves as Bavarian Minister of Foreign Affairs while heading the state government.

Assumes the Bavarian Interior Ministry alongside the premiership, combining political leadership with responsibility for internal administration.

Is elected Bavarian prime minister after the Kapp crisis and forms a conservative government supported by right-wing security organisations.

The Allies occupy Constantinople

The Allies occupy Constantinople

Zinoviev is made a full member of the Politburo after the Xth Party Congress

Participates in operations as Red forces close on the fortress.

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

Zinoviev is made a full member of the Politburo after the Xth Party Congress

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

An agreement is made to resume Anglo-Soviet trade relations

An agreement is made to resume Anglo-Soviet trade relations

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

Sultan Fuad I is crowned king of Egypt. England recognizes Egypt

Sultan Fuad I is crowned king of Egypt. England recognizes Egypt

Sultan Fuad I is crowned king of Egypt. England recognizes Egypt

Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey

England recognizes Egypt

Launches the 1st liquid fueled rocket, a distance of 184 feet in Massachusetts

The Nazis decree compulsory military service in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles. Announces expansion of the Army to 36 Divs. Announces abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles

The Nazis decree compulsory military service in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

The Nazis decree compulsory military service in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

Announces abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles & expansion of the Army to 36 Divs

German rearmament challenges League and Versailles authority.

Calls for better relations with Poland, Russia & America

Informs Orme Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania

Tilea informs Orme Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania

Tilea informs Orme Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania

Informs Orme that Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania

Calls for staff talks with France & the Belgium

Supports Italy which keeps a watch on the Brenner Path. Says a Czech guarantee is "suicide"

Supports Italy which can keep a "watch on the Brenner Path". Says Czech will be Hitler's next target

Addresses British policy toward the Spanish Civil War.

Says a Czech guarantee is "suicide"

Tilea informs Orme Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania

Requests Hitler take Slovakia under German protection, Hitler obliges the same day

Slovakia proclaims independence & declares support for Nazi Germany

Slovakia proclaims independence & declares support for Nazi Germany

Requests Hitler take Slovakia under German protection, Hitler obliges the same day

Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia

Allows the Hungarians to capture Ruthenia & establish a border with Poland

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is proclaimed.

Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia, Czech ceases to exist

Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia, Czech ceases to exist

Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia, Czech ceases to exist

Makes a speech suggesting ways in which Russia can end the Cold War

Delivers his maiden speech in the House of Commons shortly after entering Parliament for Wolverhampton South West.

Leaves the presidency at the end of his constitutional term

Ba U becomes President of the Union of Burma

Succeeds Sao Shwe Thaik as ceremonial head of state

The State Department releases previously secret papers concerning the 1945 Yalta Conference.

Announces that the PAC will begin its anti-pass campaign.

Calls for disciplined nonviolent protest against compulsory passes.

During Gemini VIII American astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David Scott perform the first orbital docking

The rendezvous and first ever docking between two spacecraft is successfully completed after 6.5 hours in orbit. The mission launches, the most complex yet, with a rendezvous and docking with the unmanned Agena target vehicle, the second American (and third ever) extra-vehicular activity (EVA) (Armstrong himself dislikes the term "space walk"). During Gemini VIII American astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David Scott perform the first orbital docking

During Gemini VIII American astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David Scott performed the first orbital docking

Enters the presidential race while criticizing Vietnam policy

US Senator Robert F. Kennedy enters the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination

Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term

A massacre by US troops, allegedly under the orders of Lt Calley

Helps rescue civilians during the My Lai massacre

Helps Hugh Thompson protect civilians at My Lai

Intervenes to protect Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre

Leads a platoon involved in the My Lai massacre

Hunt told Paul O'Brien that promised support had not been provided and referred to sensitive activities he had performed for the White House.

Wilson announces his resignation

Mariner 10 obtains some of its highest-resolution Mercury images during the mission's third and closest flyby.

Magnetic measurements from Mariner 10's final close encounter confirm Mercury's internally generated field and magnetospheric structure.

Mariner 10 completes a third Mercury encounter, demonstrating the effectiveness of Colombo's repeat-flyby trajectory.

Announces his resignation with the Social Contract already under pressure.

Sees the A&M contract collapse within days after escalating controversy around the band.

Release Face Dances with Kenney Jones on drums.

Rises to fame playing Leonard Jeffrey Oz Osborne in Auf Wiedersehen, despite having no acting experience whatsoever (he had appeared as an extra in the movie Get Carter)

Mozambique & South Africa end hostilities. 1st agreement signed between South Africa & a black nation

Mozambique & South Africa end hostilities

Signs a non-aggression accord with Mozambique.

Seeks limits on cross-border support for armed opposition movements.

The Government dispatches 3,000 extra police to the Midlands

Iraqi forces use chemical weapons against Halabja during the Iran-Iraq War, killing large numbers of civilians.

Oversees economic policy as the drachma joins the exchange-rate mechanism with a central rate of 357 per ECU.

Heads the government when the drachma enters the European Monetary System exchange-rate mechanism.

The day Bush issues his 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq before the US invasion of Iraq, Obama addresses the largest Chicago anti War rally to date in Daley Plaza and tells the crowd that "its not too late" to stop the war

The day Bush issues his 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq before the US invasion of Iraq, Obama addresses the largest Chicago anti War rally to date in Daley Plaza and tells the crowd that "its not too late" to stop the war

Bear Stearns is sold to JP Morgan Chase for just $240 million under Fed pressure in an emergency rescue takeover

The Federal Reserve supports the Bear Stearns transaction to reduce systemic financial risk.

JPMorgan Chase agrees to acquire Bear Stearns with Federal Reserve assistance.

Bear Stearns is sold to JP Morgan Chase for just $240 million under Fed pressure in an emergency rescue takeover

Monks and security forces clash in Ngaba during expanding Tibetan protests.

A university sit-in expresses solidarity with Tibetan demonstrators while remaining peaceful.

The exile leadership welcomes peaceful solidarity actions by Tibetan students in Beijing.

The exile administration reports casualties and arrests following clashes in Ngaba.

Tibetan students hold a peaceful solidarity sit-in at a Beijing university.

Returns to Stamford Bridge and guides Inter past Chelsea in the Champions League round of sixteen.

Voters approve a new constitution by an overwhelming majority.

The European Union Notification of Withdrawal Act receives royal assent.

The European Union Notification of Withdrawal Act receives royal assent.

Moderna begins early human testing of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

Helps lead coronavirus vaccine research at the National Institutes of Health.

Places Luzon under enhanced community quarantine.

Contributes to rapid design of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine antigen.

Declares a state of emergency over COVID-19.

Austria begins strict measures against COVID-19.

Announces national restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Finland declares emergency conditions over COVID-19.

Announces national measures to slow COVID-19 transmission.

Switzerland declares an extraordinary situation under epidemic law.

Announces border restrictions as Canada responds to COVID-19.

Declares a state of emergency over COVID-19.

Addresses the coronavirus emergency and backs national restrictions intended to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Reports on the destruction of the Mariupol drama theatre during the Russian siege

Mariupol theatre is bombed while civilians shelter inside.

Addresses the United States Congress by video and appeals for further military assistance.

Becirovic takes the rotating chairmanship of the Presidency

Makes his Formula One debut with Sauber.

Becirovic takes the rotating chairmanship of the Presidency during 2026

Birth of James Madison

Birth of Jimmy Nail

Dies after ruling Rome for twenty-three years.

Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, executed

Death of John Beaufort

Death of Anne Neville, probably of tuberculosis, at Westminster. The day she died, there was an eclipse, which some took to be an omen of her husbands fall from heavenly grace

Richard IIIs Queen dies a year after the death of their only son Edward

Leaves Scott's tent during the return from the South Pole, sacrificing himself as the party struggles northward

Scott wrote that Oates last words were, "I am just going outside and may be some time.". Oates, whose condition was aggravated by an old war-wound to the extent that he was barely able to walk, voluntarily left the tent and walked to his death

Oates, whose condition was aggravated by an old war-wound to the extent that he was barely able to walk, voluntarily left the tent and walked to his death.

Leaves the tent during a blizzard while critically ill.

Scott records Oates leaving the tent during a blizzard after weeks of worsening frostbite and exhaustion.

Death of Chishu Ryu

Killed in battle in Yorkshire by the northward advancing forces of Edward II

Defeats Lancaster & beheads him without a trial

Forces the rebel nobles to make a truce, Lancaster is later arrested & executed

Defeated by Edward II & beheaded

Defeat of Thomas of Lancaster marks the rise of the Despensers & decline of Pembroke

Defeats the Rajputs & removes the main Hindu rival to Moghul power in Northern India.

Forces of Regent Arran defeat supporters of Lennox and Glencairn who favour the English marriage policy.

Destroys 3 British ships & has the better of the engagement but retreats to Newport

Defeats the Austrians under Archduke Charles

General Osorio narrowly defeats San Martin

General Osorio narrowly defeats San Martin

Defeated by the Spanish & colonial forces

March 18 is a significant victory for the Ottoman Empire

Forced to hand over his command to John de Robeck, due to ill health

Sultan Fuad I is crowned king of Egypt. England recognizes Egypt

Crowned King of Egypt