36181 | March 29 | Death | 2015 – William Delafield Cook, Australian-English painter (b. 1926) |
36182 | March 29 | Death | 2015 – Gerry Hardstaff, English cricketer (b. 1940) |
36183 | March 29 | Holiday and observance | Boganda Day (Central African Republic) |
36184 | March 29 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:BertholdEustace of LuxeuilGwladysGwynllywHans Nielsen Hauge (Lutheran)March 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
36185 | March 29 | Holiday and observance | John Keble (commemoration, Anglican Communion) |
36186 | March 29 | Holiday and observance | Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion (Madagascar) |
36187 | March 29 | Holiday and observance | Day of the Young Combatant (Chile) |
36188 | March 29 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which the Octave Day of Easter can fall, while May 2 is the latest observed on the Sunday after Easter. (Christianity) |
36189 | March 30 | Event | 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. |
36190 | March 30 | Event | 1282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers. |
36191 | March 30 | Event | 1296 – Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England. |
36192 | March 30 | Event | 1815 – Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification. |
36193 | March 30 | Event | 1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States. |
36194 | March 30 | Event | 1841 – The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens. |
36195 | March 30 | Event | 1842 – Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long. |
36196 | March 30 | Event | 1844 – One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. |
36197 | March 30 | Event | 1855 – Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature. |
36198 | March 30 | Event | 1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War. |
36199 | March 30 | Event | 1863 – Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece. |
36200 | March 30 | Event | 1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. |
36201 | March 30 | Event | 1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. |
36202 | March 30 | Event | 1885 – The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire. |
36203 | March 30 | Event | 1899 – German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights. |
36204 | March 30 | Event | 1909 – The Queensboro Bridge in New York City opens, linking Manhattan and Queens. |
36205 | March 30 | Event | 1910 – The Mississippi Legislature founds the University of Southern Mississippi. |
36206 | March 30 | Event | 1912 – Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fes, making Morocco a French protectorate. |
36207 | March 30 | Event | 1918 – Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate. |
36208 | March 30 | Event | 1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745km/h). |
36209 | March 30 | Event | 1939 – Detective Comics #27 is released, introducing Batman. |
36210 | March 30 | Event | 1940 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei. |