15 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 15, the day number in a year is 74 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 75. March 15 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
March 15 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 44 | Dictator Julius Caesar of the Roman Republic was stabbed todeath by Marcus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators. |
| 933 | Franks led by German king Henry I defeated an invading Hungarian army in the Battle of Riade in northern Thuringia. |
| 1311 | The Catalan Company defeated Walter V, Count of Brienne in theBattle of Halmyros and took control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusaderstate in Greece. |
| 1493 | Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his world tour. |
| 1729 | St. Stanislas Haward was sworn in as the first American elf. |
| 1744 | French King Louis XV declared war on Britain. |
| 1771 | The Society of Civil Engineers first met in London), the oldest engineering society in the world. |
| 1783 | A potential uprising in Newburgh, New York, was defused when George Washington asked Continental Army officers to support the supremacy of Congress. |
| 1818 | In the first Seminole War, General Andrew Jackson and his US Army attacked Florida. |
| 1820 | As part of the Missouri Compromise, the exclave ofMassachusetts known as Maine was given its own U.S.statehood. |
| 1820 | I got the 23rd US Accepted as a state. |
| 1869 | The Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first pro baseball team. |
| 1875 | Archbishop of New York John McCloskey was named the firstcardinal in the United States. |
| 1877 | Cricket's first official Test match was played in Melbourne, Australia on 15–19 March. Australia won by 45 runs. |
| 1892 | Liverpool F.C., one of England's most successful footballclubs, was founded. |
| 1892 | Jessie W. Reno invented the first escalator. |
| 1907 | Finland became the first European country to give women the right to vote. |
| 1916 | Six days after Pancho Villa and his cross-border raiders attacked Columbus, New Mexico, US General John J. Pershing led apunitive expedition into Mexico to pursue Villa. |
| 1917 | Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was forced to abdicate in theFebruary Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule. |
| 1934 | Kanshi Ram, the founder of Bahujan Samaj Party, was born. |
| 1941 | Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines took its first flight, making it the oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name. |
| 1943 | World War II-German forces recaptured Kharkov after four daysof house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-longThird Battle of Kharkov. |
| 1947 | Hindu and Muslim conflict started in Punjab. |
| 1969 | The first helicopter squad in the Indian Navy was inducted into Goa. |
| 1972 | The Godfather, a gangster film based on the novel of the samename by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was released. |
| 1978 | Somalia and Ethiopia signed a ceasefire to end the Ethio-Somali War. |
| 1984 | Indian rapper Honey Singh was born. |
| 1985 | The first Internet domain name symbolics.com was registered. |
| 1986 | The building housing the Hotel New World in Singapore collapsedsuddenly due to structural failure, killing 33 people. |
| 1986 | 33 people were killed and 14 were rescued from the debris by the collapse of Hotel New World. |
| 1988 | NASA reports accelerated break dawn of arome layer by CFK. It is a very serious matter. Nowadays instead of decreasing the problems is going on increasing. |
| 1988 | For the first time after independence, eight political parties called for the Bharat Bandh. |
| 1989 | New York Ranger actually retired Golie eddie Giacomins. This is a very serious matter for all the New York citizens and also for the Golie supporter. |
| 1990 | Iraqi authorities hanged freelance Iranian reporter FarzadBazoft for spying for Israel. |
| 1991 | The United States and Albania resumed diplomatic relations for the first time since 1939. |
| 1992 | Brandi Burtan created record as he won the CPG Ping. That was Welch’s golf championship. |
| 1993 | A great event in Indian cricket history as Vinod Kambli scored 227 runs. The match was against Zimbabwe. It was his 2nd consecutive century. |
| 1999 | On this year Pluto again became the outermost planet. Before some year it was discarded. But this year it was again included. |
| 1999 | Aldbjorg became the first female defense minister of Lower Norway. |
| 2001 | Karase was re-appointed Prime Minister of Fiji. |
| 2003 | A new generation came to power in China and Hu Jinto became president. |
| 2008 | Kiran Bedi, the country's first female IPS officer, was selected for the German honor \ Animary Medicine \ for her outstanding contribution to prison reform and human rights defense. |
| 2009 | International level women wrestler Arjuna Awards Gatika Jakhar won the Bharat Kesari title for the seventh consecutive time and achieved the distinction of becoming the most powerful woman wrestler in the country. |
| 2010 | According to MIcheal Oren, Israel Ambassador visited America. The reason is clear, for maintaining good relationship among the both countries as the relation wasn’t good for last 35 years. |
| 2011 | Florida Miami Oade Country Mayor, Carlos Alvarey outset for the election. He was accompanied by country commissioners Natacha Seijas. The election was successful as many people participated. |
| 2011 | Arab Spring: Protests erupted across Syria against the authoritarian government. |
| 2012 | China’s premier Wen Jiabao blamed Dalai Lama for engaging self immolations by Tibetan monks. |
| 2013 | American Gammy winning Rap Antist Lil Wayne suffered a seizure in California and recovered at a Los Angles Hospital. |
| 2014 | The Chip Ganassi racing team won the 12 hrs of Sabring with individual victories for Marino Franchitti, Memo Rajas and Scott Pructt. |
Famous Birthdays of March 15:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1959 | Renny Harlin / Producer / Finland |
| 2000 | Kristian Kostov / Writer / Russia |
| 1941 | Mike Love / Writer / United States of America |
| 1973 | Masayuki Naruse / Wrestler / Japan |
| 1948 | Kate Bornstein / Author / United States of America |
| 1860 | Waldemar Haffkine / Biologist / Switzerland |
| 1957 | Joaquim de Almeida / Actor / United States of America |
| 1954 | Isobel Buchanan / Actress / Scotland |
| 1980 | Freddie Bynum / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1916 | Fadil Hoxha / Politician / Kosovo |
| 1940 | Phil Lesh / Writer / United States of America |
| 1984 | Olivier Jean / Speed Skater / Canada |
| 1943 | Sahib Singh Verma / Politician / India |
| 1835 | John Henry Kagi / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 1913 | Macdonald Carey / Actor / United States of America |
| 1986 | Jai Courtney / Actor / Australia |
| 1943 | Sly Stone / Writer / United States of America |
| 1918 | Punch Imlach / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1932 | Alan Bean / Pilot / United States of America |
| 1985 | Antti Autti / Snowboarder / Finland |
| 1927 | Christian Marquand / Actor / France |
| 1939 | Ted Kaufman / Politician / United States of America |
| 1821 | Johann Josef Loschmidt / Physicist / Austria |
| 1923 | Charles Wheeler / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 1943 | Lynda La Plante / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1981 | Mikael Forssell / Footballer / Germany |
| 1935 | Judd Hirsch / Actor / United States of America |
| 1932 | Arif Mardin / Producer / United States of America |
| 1931 | David Hayes / Academic / United States of America |
| 1953 | Kumba Ialá / Politician / Guinea Bissau |
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