Co-Emperor
Becomes co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius.
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March 7 in History
This permanent archive page contains 185 World History Database records for March 7, spanning 161 to 2024. Recorded topics include Co-Emperor; Death of Antoninus Pius; Death of Antonious Pius.
Total: 185Events: 171Births: 3Deaths: 6Battles: 5Countries: 34
Events on March 7
Succession
Succeeds Antoninus Pius and rules jointly with Lucius Verus.
Succession
Succeeds Antoninus Pius and shares rule with Lucius Verus.
Observance-Sundays
Constantine orders judges, urban populations, and many trades to rest on the venerable day of the Sun, establishing an empire-wide Sunday rest law.
Massacre
Many Jews are masacred by the Crusaders
Great Seal
Forced by Henry VI to release the Great Seal to Thomas Bourcier
Mobilization
Despatched by Edward to raise forces from the western Midlands
Book of Common Prayer
The first Book of Common Prayer of Edward VI is published in English.
Treaty of Rastatt
Makes peace with France after refusing the Utrecht settlement.
Treaty of Rastatt
Villars signs the Treaty of Rastatt with Eugene, helping end the war between France and Austria.
Treaty of Rastatt
Confirms peace with Austria after the Utrecht negotiations.
Treaty of Utrecht
Makes peace with France after refusing the Utrecht settlement.
Treaty of Utrecht
Confirms peace with Austria after the Utrecht negotiations.
Arrival
Brunel lands at Falmouth and travels to London to pursue his engineering proposals.
Capture of Jaffa
Napoleon's army captured Jaffa during the Syrian campaign, gaining a coastal position on the route toward Acre.
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Italy
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Italy
Congress of Vienna
Congress hears of Napoleon's escape from Elba
Reichstag
Dissolves the Austrian Reichstag
Central Council Conflict in the Paris Section
Drafts resolutions for the International's Central Council concerning conflict in its Paris section.
Suez Canal Exchequer Bonds
Parliament authorises Exchequer bonds to replace the temporary Rothschild financing of the Suez Canal purchase.
Prime Minister of Spain
Appointed Prime Minister of Spain
Chief Secretary
Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland
South Pole
Amundsens success is publicly announced on March 7, 1912, when he arrives at Hobart, Australia
South Pole Announcement
Announces from Hobart that his party has reached the South Pole
South Pole Expedition
The Expedition makes its way to Hobart, Australia, where Amundsen publicly announces his success
Political Fund Legislation
Permits union political funds while allowing members to opt out.
Political Levy Reform
Helps Labour benefit from lawful political levies with individual opt-outs.
Political Levy Reform
Welcomes restoration of trade-union political fund powers.
Trade Union Act
Secures Royal Assent for the Trade Union Act.
Trade Union Act Campaign
Strengthens Labour financing after the Osborne judgment restrictions.
Trade Union Act Royal Assent
Secures Royal Assent for the Trade Union Act.
Trade Union Act Support
Supports legislation restoring trade-union political funding rights.
Union Political Funds
Permits trade union political funds while allowing members to opt out.
Prince Takes Office
William of Wied arrives in Albania as sovereign prince
French Minesweeping Attempt Fails
French minesweepers make another attempt under covering fire but fail to open the required passage through the minefields.
Nusret Mine Mission Prepared
Hakki prepares Nusret for a covert mining mission across Erenkoy Bay.
Speech
Urges the First Lord of the Admiralty to recall Lord Fisher as First Sea Lord
Irish Conference Proposal Advanced
Suggests a conference of Irish representatives as a route toward wartime political settlement.
Irish Settlement Initiative Presented
Presents proposals intended to reopen negotiations over Irish self-government during the war.
Ulster Exclusion Principle Reaffirmed
States that Home Rule cannot be imposed on areas of Ulster that reject it.
Bolshevik Party
Peoples Courts are introduced
Congress of Bolsheviks, 7th
Peoples Courts are introduced
Kronstadt Rebellion
Commands Red Army units during the assault preparations.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Participates in Red Army operations against Kronstadt.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Helps organise artillery defence against the Red Army assault.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Rejects Bolshevik ultimatums and continues resistance.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Supports suppression of the Kronstadt revolt.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Threatens severe punishment unless the sailors surrender.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Launches the first Red Army assault across the ice.
End of Second Jon Magnusson Government
The Second Jon Magnusson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Reparations Committee Address
Addresses the Reichstag Main Committee, arguing that reparations remain the central problem of German foreign policy.
Sigurdur Eggerz Government
Begins the Sigurdur Eggerz Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Secretary of State for Health
Appointed Minister of Health, 1st term
Election
Will stand as "Independent anti-Socialist candidate" for the Abbey Div of Westminster
Constitution of Austria
Suspends Parliament & assumes dictatorial powers to prevent the Nazis coming to power
Dissolution of Parliament
Suspends Parliament & assumes dictatorial powers to prevent the Nazis coming to power
Pact between France and Belgium
Re-establishment of the French-Belgian military pact
Re-establishment of the French-Belgian military pact
Re-establishment of the French-Belgian military pact
Franco-Belgian Accord
Belgium ends the Franco-Belgian Accord of 1920, after the German Remilitarization of the Rhineland
German Memorandum Declares Locarno No Longer Binding
The German government notifies the Locarno powers that it considers the treaty no longer binding.
German Repudiation of Locarno
Hitler declares Germany no longer bound by the Locarno Treaty while restoring German military control in the Rhineland.
Locarno Treaty Breach in Rhineland
The German entry into the demilitarized zone constitutes a breach of the Locarno guarantee system.
Neurath Backs Rhineland Remilitarization
Neurath supports the Rhineland move and expects that France will not answer the German action with military force.
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
Hitler sends German troops into the demilitarized Rhineland, violating the Versailles and Locarno settlement.
Rhineland Remilitarisation
Remilitarises the Rhineland despite League-era security commitments
Rhineland Sovereignty Proclaimed after Locarno Repudiation
Hitler announces restored German sovereignty in the demilitarized Rhineland while repudiating the Locarno system.
Treaty of Versailles
Hitler occupies the Rhineland in contravention of Versailles, an act of war
Defence Debate after Austrian Crisis
Argues for stronger defence preparations as the European security situation deteriorates.
Prime Minister of Romania
Calinescu becomes prime minister and continues repression of the Iron Guard.
Second Roosevelt Letter
Writes again to President Roosevelt urging stronger attention to uranium research developments.
Invasion of Ethiopia
The British Army invades Italian-controlled Ethiopia
Capture of Rangoon
The Japanese capture Rangoon
Capture of Remagen
The Allies capture the Remagen Bridge, still intact, just South of Bonn
Capture of Remagen
Commands Combat Command B of the US 9th Armored Div which captures the Remagen bridge
Execution
Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
Ripper
Launches an operation to recapture Inchon & Kimpo airfield
China accuses the USA of using germ warfare in Manchurian Korea
China accuses the USA of using germ warfare in Manchurian Korea
Return Voyage from Philippines
Lee's unit departed Corregidor aboard the USS Wexford County on March 7, 1958, returning to Atsugi eleven days later.
Constitution of Algeria
1st Prime Minister of Algeria
National Economic Development Council
Government, employers and unions begin coordinated discussions through the National Economic Development Council.
Peace
7-18 March, a cease-fire is negotiated between the French & Algerian rebel leaders
Prime Minister of Algeria
Appointed Prime Minister of Algeria
Prime Minister of Iran
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran
Bloody Sunday
Helps shape the Selma voting rights campaign.
Bloody Sunday
Is beaten unconscious during the bridge attack.
Bloody Sunday
Local law enforcement confronts voting rights demonstrators.
Bloody Sunday
Media coverage spreads news of the attack.
Bloody Sunday
Orders marchers to disperse before troopers attack.
Bloody Sunday
Local voter registration struggle frames the march.
Bloody Sunday
SNCC activists support local demands for voting rights.
Bloody Sunday
Marches for voting rights on Bloody Sunday.
Bloody Sunday
Faces national outrage after the bridge attack.
Bloody Sunday
Is absent when local civil rights leaders march from Selma and are attacked.
Bloody Sunday
Learns that marchers have been attacked in Selma.
Bloody Sunday
SCLC supports the voting rights campaign, but King is not on the first march.
Bloody Sunday
Leads marchers toward the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Bloody Sunday
Commands Alabama troopers at the bridge confrontation.
Bloody Sunday
Photographs help publicise violence on the bridge.
Bloody Sunday
Young local activists support the voting rights march.
Bloody Sunday
Supports the voting rights campaign that led to the march.
Bloody Sunday
His earlier arrest helps intensify the Selma campaign.
Bloody Sunday
Supports the voting rights campaign in Alabama.
Bloody Sunday
Opposes the march and defends segregationist state authority.
Bloody Sunday
Co-leads the first Selma to Montgomery march.
Bloody Sunday
Works with SCLC during the Selma campaign.
Russian Emigre Movement
Kerensky participates in russian emigre movement during his political career.
Apollo 9 Command Module Solo Flight
Pilots Gumdrop alone while McDivitt and Schweickart conduct the lunar module free-flight test.
Apollo 9 Lunar Module Free Flight
Commands Spider during its independent free flight away from command module Gumdrop.
Apollo 9 Lunar Module Free Flight
Flies in Spider during the first crewed independent flight of a lunar module.
Apollo 9 Lunar Module Recovery
Pilots Gumdrop during rendezvous and docking with Spider after the lunar module's independent flight.
Apollo 9 Lunar Module Redocking
Commands Spider through rendezvous and redocking with Gumdrop after the lunar module free flight.
Apollo 9 Lunar Module Rendezvous
Participates in Spider's rendezvous with command module Gumdrop after the free-flight test.
Apollo 9 Rendezvous
Pilots command module Gumdrop during rendezvous and redocking with lunar module Spider.
From Genesis to Revelation
Plays keyboards on From Genesis to Revelation as Genesis issue their first studio album.
From Genesis to Revelation
Sings on From Genesis to Revelation, the band's debut album produced by Jonathan King.
From Genesis to Revelation
Plays bass and guitar on From Genesis to Revelation during the band's early pop period.
Lunar Module Independent Flight
Flies aboard Spider during the first crewed independent flight of a lunar module.
Pinball Wizard
Release Pinball Wizard from Tommy.
Spider Ascent Engine Test
Uses the lunar module ascent engine during rendezvous exercises simulating departure from the Moon.
Spider Undocking
Pilots lunar module Spider away from the command module for independent flight tests.
Ceasefire
Faces expiration of the Suez ceasefire while diplomatic negotiations remain stalled.
Awami League
Wins a landslide victory in the countrys first general elections, Rahman and the Awami League win the elections
Constitution of Bangladesh
Wins a landslide victory in the countrys first general elections, Rahman and the Awami League win the elections
Election
Wins a landslide victory in the countrys first general elections, Rahman and the Awami League win the elections
State of Emergency
The 3 day week & the state of emergency ends
Strike
The 3 day week & the state of emergency ends
Young Americans
Releases Young Americans, shifting toward soul and funk influences during his Philadelphia soul period.
Young Americans
Works on Young Americans as Bowie explores soul and funk with American musicians.
Election Dispute
Opposition parties reject the election results and allege widespread manipulation.
First Shaba Invasion from Angola
FNLC forces based in Angola cross into Zaire's Shaba province, creating a major security crisis for Mobutu's government.
General Election
Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.
General Election - General Election
Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.
General Election Election Outcome
General election outcome recorded for Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto: Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.
General Election Government
Government context for this general election: Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.
National Assembly Election
The Pakistan Peoples Party secures a large National Assembly majority in the disputed poll.
Emergency Lifted
Allows the 1985 state of emergency to lapse.
Partial Emergency Ends
The respite from emergency rule lasts only several months.
Appointment as First State Commissioner
Mobutu appoints Sambwa Pida Nbagui to lead the government.
Martial Law
Li Peng's government declares martial law in Lhasa after several days of unrest.
Scandal
Suspended from the House of Commons for not declaring his business interests
Islamabad Accord
The Islamabad Accord names Hekmatyar prime minister in a power-sharing government led by Rabbani.
Palestinian Authority
Becomes the first speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, helping institutionalize Palestinian Authority governance.
Pluto
The Hubble surface map confirms a dark equatorial belt and bright polar regions on Pluto.
Pluto
Hubble observations indicate Pluto's surface patterns are strongly influenced by migrating nitrogen and methane frosts.
Pluto
Hubble results produce the first image-based surface map of Pluto, revealing about a dozen major bright and dark regions.
Metallica
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
San Francisco Walk of Fame
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
San Francisco Walk of Fame
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
San Francisco Walk of Fame
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
San Francisco Walk of Fame
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
Intifada, 2nd
Sharon becomes Prime Minister as the Second Intifada intensifies.
Intifada, 2nd
Takes office during escalating violence in the Second Intifada.
Advanced Camera for Surveys Installed
Newman helps install the Advanced Camera for Surveys, replacing Hubble's Faint Object Camera.
Accelerated Iraqi Cooperation Assessment
Acknowledges a recent acceleration in Iraqi initiatives while cautioning that the value of new information still requires careful verification.
Five Hundred Fifty Inspection Milestone
Reports that inspectors have carried out more than 550 inspections at roughly 350 sites since returning to Iraq in November.
March Inspection Assessment
Reports accelerated Iraqi initiatives but continuing unresolved disarmament questions.
No-Notice Access Assessment
States that inspections are being conducted without advance notice and that access has been prompt in virtually every case.
President of Czech Republic
Becomes President of the Czech Republic.
Twelfth Quarterly Report
Presents UNMOVIC's twelfth quarterly report to the Council.
Large Hadron Collider Magnet Installation
Oversees the project as the first superconducting dipole magnet is lowered into the Large Hadron Collider tunnel.
Credit Crunch
The Fed releases another $200 billion emergency funding. Former bosses of Citigroup and Merrill Lynch face a congressional committee grilling over pay
IRA - Massereene Barracks Attack
Government record concerning the IRA: Brown condemns the Real IRA attack that kills two British soldiers.
IRA - Massereene Barracks Attack
Historical IRA record under Labour Party Government: Brown condemns the Real IRA attack that kills two British soldiers.
IRA - Massereene Barracks Attack
IRA context for James Gordon Brown: Brown condemns the Real IRA attack that kills two British soldiers.
Massereene Barracks Attack
Brown condemns the Real IRA attack that kills two British soldiers.
Deep Jupiter Jet Streams
Juno gravity measurements show Jupiter's east-west jet streams extend about 3,000 kilometres below the cloud tops.
Jupiter Gravity Asymmetry
Juno gravity data reveal north-south asymmetries linked to deep atmospheric flows inside Jupiter.
Acting Governor Appointed
Lyndell Simpson serves again as acting Governor
Sweden NATO Accession
Welcomes Sweden joining NATO.
Third State of the Union
Delivers his third State of the Union address.
Births on March 7
Birth of Geta
Julia Domna gives birth to Severus's younger son, Geta.
Birth of John Frederick William Herschel
Birth of John Frederick William Herschel
Birth of Reinhard Heydrich
Birth of Reinhard Heydrich, Saxony
Deaths on March 7
Death of Antoninus Pius
Dies at Lorium after a long peaceful reign.
Death of Antonious Pius
Death of Antonious Pius
Death of Margaret Douglas
Death of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, although she died in debt, she was given a grand funeral in Westminster Abbey, at the expense of Queen Elizabeth I
Death of Vladimir Istomin
Is killed by artillery fire while directing the defence of the Malakoff sector.
Death of Josef Meisinger
Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
Death of Stanley Kubrick
Death of Stanley Kubrick
Battles on March 7
Battle of Coire
Massena fought at Coire during operations against Coalition forces in the Swiss theatre.
Battle of Poplar Grove
Kelly-Kenny commands infantry during Roberts's advance against Boer positions at Poplar Grove.
Battle of Tweebosch
Captures Methuen during a major Boer success.
Battle of Tweebosch
Kemp fights with De la Rey's commandos during the Boer victory over Methuen's column at Tweebosch.
Battle of Tweebosch
Is wounded and captured by De la Rey.