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Abraham Lincoln
Battle at Soufflot barricades at Rue Soufflot
Abraham Lincoln
Bonaparte left Paris to take command of the Army of Italy
Italy
Mar 11 1796
Fri 20:27:00
Two days after the marriage, Bonaparte left Paris to take command of the Army of Italy.
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George Washington
Washington's troops brought up Knox's big guns
Sun Mar 10 1776
On March 9, under cover of darkness, Washington's troops brought up Knox's big guns and bombarded British ships in Boston harbor.
George Washington
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gandhi was arrested
Fri Mar 10 1922
Gandhi expanded his nonviolent non-co-operation platform to include the swadeshi policy – the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods. The appeal of "Non-cooperation" grew, its social popularity drew participation from all strata of Indian society. Gandhi was arrested on 10 March 1922, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years' imprisonment.
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Sepp Blatter
Born
Tue Mar 10 1936
Blatter was born in Visp in the Swiss canton of Valais with the given name of Josef.
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Christmas Island
The Mutiny of The Indian Troops
Tue Mar 10 1942
During the night of 10–11 March, a mutiny of the Indian troops, abetted by Sikh policemen, led to the killing of the five British soldiers and the imprisonment of the remaining 21 Europeans.
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Richard Nixon
Nixon was Relieved of Active Duty
Sun Mar 10 1946
On March 10, 1946, he was relieved of active duty, and he resigned his commission on New Year's Day 1946.
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German revolutions of 1848–1849
Vienna had been restive
Sun Mar 12 1848
Vienna had been restive and was encouraged by a sermon of Anton Füster, a liberal priest, on Sunday, March 12, 1848 in their university chapel. The student demonstrators demanded a constitution and a constituent assembly elected by universal male suffrage.
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Frederick Douglass
Douglass met with radical abolitionists
Sat Mar 12 1859
On March 12, 1859, Douglass met with radical abolitionists John Brown, George DeBaptiste, and others at William Webb's house in Detroit to discuss emancipation.
Frederick Douglass
Chinese Civil War
Sun's Death
Thu Mar 12 1925
However, after Sun died in 1925, the KMT split into left- and right-wing movements. KMT members worried that the Soviets were trying to destroy the KMT from inside using the CPC. The CPC then began movements in opposition of the Northern Expedition, passing a resolution against it at a party meeting.
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Adolf Hitler
Unification of Austria with Nazi Germany
Sat Mar 12 1938
On 12 March 1938, Hitler announced the unification of Austria with Nazi Germany in the Anschluss.
Adolf Hitler
The Holocaust
Germany annexed Austria
Sat Mar 12 1938
On 12 March 1938, Germany annexed Austria. Austrian Nazis broke into Jewish shops, stole from Jewish homes and businesses, and forced Jews to perform humiliating acts such as scrubbing the streets or cleaning toilets. Jewish businesses were "Aryanized", and all the legal restrictions on Jews in Germany were imposed.
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Roman Empire
Tiberius died
Mon Mar 16 37
Tiberius died in Misenum on 16 March AD 37, a few months before his 78th birthday.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
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Caligula
Mon Mar 16 37
At the time of Tiberius's death, most of the people who might have succeeded him had been killed. The logical successor (and Tiberius' own choice) was his 24-year-old grandnephew, Gaius, better known as "Caligula" ("little boots").
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Ming of Han
Thu Mar 29 57
Guangwu died. He was succeeded by his son Emperor Ming of Han.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Shang of Han
Sat Mar 14 105
He's infant son Emperor Shang of Han was made emperor of Han with empress dowager Deng Sui acting as regent.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Zhi of Han
Sat Mar 6 145
Chong's young third cousin Emperor Zhi of Han became emperor of the Han dynasty, with Liang Na acting as regent.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
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Cold war
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc, after World War II.
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In this collection, we list U.S. Presidents Stories. The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the people through the Electoral College.
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