23 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 23, the day number in a year is 82 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 83. March 23 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 23 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1400 | The Tr?n Dynasty of Vietnam was deposed after 175 years ofrule by H? Quý Ly, a court official. |
| 1630 | The French army captured the Pinnerolo Piedmount. |
| 1775 | American Revolution: Patrick Henry made his 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' speech to the House of Burgesses of Virginia, urging military action against the British Empire. |
| 1836 | Franklin Bell invented the coin printing press. |
| 1848 | Scottish settlers on the John Wickliffe, captained by William Cargill, arrived at what is now Port Chalmers in the Otago Region of New Zealand. |
| 1857 | Elisha Otis established the first elevator in New York at 488 Broadway, New York City). |
| 1862 | American Civil War-Confederate General Stonewall Jackson Suffered his only defeat during the war in the First Battle of Kernstown In Frederick County, Virginia. |
| 1879 | Fighting in the War of the Pacific between Chile and a Peruvian–Bolivian alliance opened with the Battle of Topáter. |
| 1880 | John Stevens of Adult designed the dough rolling mill. |
| 1888 | Led by William McGregor, ten football clubs met in London for the purpose of founding The Football League, the oldest league competition in world football. |
| 1889 | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founded the Ahmadiyya Islamic Religious movement in British India. |
| 1905 | About 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos,met at the village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with Greece, beginning the Theriso revolt. |
| 1908 | American diplomat Durham Stevens, an employee of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was assassinated in San Francisco by twoKorean immigrants unhappy with his recent support of the increasing Japanese presence in Korea. |
| 1910 | The great freedom fighter and eminent socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia was born in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. |
| 1910 | The US Congress established the Sitka National Monument. |
| 1919 | Benito Mussolini started the fascist movement in Milan, Italy. |
| 1922 | D.C. of Washington First US Airplanes Land Clearance in US. |
| 1931 | Bhagat Singh, one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, and two others were executed by British authorities. |
| 1931 | During the Indian independence movement, great revolutionary leaders Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged. |
| 1934 | The US Congress recognized the independence of the Philippines in 1945. |
| 1940 | Pakistan Movement-During its three-day general session, the Muslim League drafted the Lahore Resolution, calling for greater autonomy in British India. |
| 1950 | The United Nations established the World Meteorological Department. |
| 1950 | The 22nd Academy Awards ceremony was held. |
| 1956 | Pakistan became the first Islamic Republic country in the world. |
| 1959 | Nine coal miners were killed in an explosion in the town of Bramstone, Tennessee. |
| 1965 | NASA for the first time sent two people from space to the Gemini 3 spacecraft. |
| 1978 | The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was dispatched toconfirm Israeli withdrawal after its invasion nine days earlier. |
| 1983 | The initial proposal to develop the Strategic DefenseInitiative, a ground-based and space-based system to protect the UnitedStates from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles, wasreleased. |
| 1986 | The first company of women was trained in the Central Reserve Police Force. |
| 1989 | Two researchers announced the discovery of cold fusion, a claim which was later discredited. |
| 1991 | The Sierra Leone Civil War began when the Revolutionary UnitedFront, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's NationalPatriotic Front of Liberia, invaded Sierra Leone in an attempt tooverthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh. |
| 1995 | The US currency dollar equals 88.41 the currency of Japan, Yen which is a record. |
| 1996 | Li Teng Hui was elected as President in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan. |
| 1997 | “Mandy Patinkin in Court” has been closed at Lycern Theatre at New York City. |
| 1998 | On 70th Academy Awards ceremony Oscar ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, Titanic wins eleven Oscar awards and was the best picture of the year and Jack Nicholas and Helen Hunt win lead acting awards. |
| 2001 | Mir Space Station of Russia is crashed into the pacific during a controlled re-entry. |
| 2005 | A fire and explosion at the third-largest oil refinery in the United States killed 15 workers and kicked off process safety programs throughout the world. |
| 2005 | An explosion at a refinery in Texas City killed 15 workers. |
| 2007 | Iranian military personnel seized 15 British Royal Navy personnel from HMS Cornwall, claiming that the British ships sailed into Iran territorial waters. |
| 2010 | In Washington, D.C., the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu told a lobby that Jerusalem is not a settlement and Israel has full right to build there and settle there. |
| 2010 | 75th Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony was held in which Steve Martin hosts from Chicago wins the Best Picture and Adrian Body and Nicole Kidman wins lead acting awards. |
| 2011 | The Chinese currency, the Yuan has reached a record level against the dollar of US. |
| 2012 | Pope Benedict XVI rightly said that Cuba needs to find some ways from communism and this will surely help them to find a peaceful way to make the transition. |
| 2012 | Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to record 100 centuries in international cricket. |
| 2013 | Omar al-Basin who is the President of Sudan for over last 25 years has announced that he will step down his presidency post in 2015. |
| 2014 | French satellite images have confirmed Chinese detection of potential debris from the missing Malaysian Air Craft 370. It was disappeared on its sought that I was above ocean. It happened on March 8th. |
| 2014 | The US and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia. |
Famous Birthdays of March 23:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1938 | Jon Finlayson / Actor / Australia |
| 1893 | Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu / Business Man / India |
| 1876 | Ziya Gökalp / Poet / Turkey |
| 1954 | Kenneth Cole / Fashion Designer / United States of America |
| 1972 | Judith Godrèche / Actress / France |
| 1918 | Helene Hale / Politician / United States of America |
| 1913 | Abidin Dino / Painter / France |
| 1929 | Michael Manser / Engineer / United Kingdom |
| 1912 | Neil McCorkell / Cricketer / South Africa |
| 1881 | Lacey Hearn / Sprinter / United States of America |
| 1984 | Ryan Araña / Basketball Player / Philippines |
| 1924 | John Madin / Architect / United Kingdom |
| 1973 | Jerzy Dudek / Footballer / Poland |
| 1968 | Damon Albarn / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1960 | Nicol Stephen / Politician / Scotland |
| 1937 | Robert Gallo / Physician / United States of America |
| 1514 | Lorenzino de' Medici / Writer / Italy |
| 1910 | Akira Kurosawa / Writer / Japan |
| 1922 | Marty Allen / Actor / United States of America |
| 1918 | Stanley Armour Dunham / Sergeant / United States of America |
| 1699 | John Bartram / Explorer / United States of America |
| 1974 | Randall Park / Actor / United States of America |
| 1749 | Pierre-Simon Laplace / Astronomer / France |
| 1983 | Mo Farah / Runner / United Kingdom |
| 1769 | Augustin Daniel Belliard / Diplomat / France |
| 1994 | Nick Powell / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1881 | Roger Martin du Gard / Novelist / France |
| 1924 | Olga Kennard / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1981 | Shelley Rudman / Bobsledder / United Kingdom |
| 1985 | Maurice Jones-Drew / Footballer / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 23 मार्च की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं