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  • Ireland
    Friday Mar 11, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    State of war with England

    Ireland
    Friday Mar 11, 1921

    on 11 March, Dáil Éireann President Éamon de Valera called for acceptance of a "state of war with England". The Dail voted unanimously to empower him to declare war whenever he saw fit, but he did not formally do so.




  • Berlin, Germany
    Tuesday Mar 15, 1921
    Armenian Genocide

    Talaat Pasha assassination

    Berlin, Germany
    Tuesday Mar 15, 1921

    On 15 March 1921, former Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha was assassinated in the Charlottenburg District of Berlin, Germany, in broad daylight and in the presence of many witnesses.




  • Cork, Ireland
    Saturday Mar 19, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    Crossbarry Ambush

    Cork, Ireland
    Saturday Mar 19, 1921

    On 19 March 1921, Tom Barry's 100-strong West Cork IRA unit fought an action against 1,200 British troops – the Crossbarry Ambush. Barry's men narrowly avoided being trapped by converging British columns and inflicted between ten and thirty killed on the British side.




  • Kerry, Ireland
    Monday Mar 21, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    Train at the Headford junction

    Kerry, Ireland
    Monday Mar 21, 1921

    On 21 March, the Kerry IRA attacked a train at the Headford junction near Killarney.




  • Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    Mar, 1921
    Treaty of Versailles

    French and Belgian troops occupied Duisburg

    Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    Mar, 1921

    In March 1921, French and Belgian troops occupied Duisburg, Düsseldorf, and other areas which formed part of the demilitarized Rhineland, according to the Treaty of Versailles.




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