15 March In History - What Happened On This Day

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.

Event Year	Incident/Event
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	I got the 23rd US Accepted as a state.
1820	As part of the Missouri Compromise, the exclave ofMassachusetts known as Maine was given its own U.S.statehood.
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.
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.
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	For the first time after independence, eight political parties called for the Bharat Bandh.
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.
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.
1999	Aldbjorg became the first female defense minister of Lower Norway.
1999	On this year Pluto again became the outermost planet. Before some year it was discarded. But this year it was again included.
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.
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.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1969	The first helicopter squad in the Indian Navy was inducted into Goa.
1984	Indian rapper Honey Singh was born.
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.

Day/Observance	Level
World Consumer Rights Day	International Day
International Day to Combat Islamophobia	International Day
Hungary Day of Hungarian Freedom (A magyar szabadság napja)	National Day

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1934	Kanshi Ram / Politician / India
1943	Sahib Singh Verma / Politician / India
1965	Sunetra Gupta / Author / India
1976	Abhay Deol / Actor / India

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