Historical events on March 15
MARCH 15, 1974
Transvestism and Transsexuality in Modern Society, the UK's first trans-rights conference, opened with an evening reception in Leeds.
Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society, also known as The First National TV.TS Conference, was a conference held in Leeds, England, from
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MARCH 15, 1951
The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by Mohammad Mosaddegh.
The nationalization of the Iranian oil industry resulted from a movement in the Iranian parliament (Majlis) to seize control of Iran's oil
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MARCH 15, 1943
The deportation of 50,000 Jews from the Greek city of Thessaloniki began.
The Holocaust saw the mass murder of Greek Jews, mostly as a result of their deportation to Auschwitz concentration camp, during World
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MARCH 15, 1147
Reconquista: Portuguese troops under King Afonso I captured the city of Santarém from the Almoravids.
The Reconquista or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the
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MARCH 15, 1910
Prospectors drilled into a pressurized deposit within the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in California, resulting in the largest accidental oil spill in history, which eventually released 9 million barrels (1.4 million m3) of crude oil over 18 months.
The Midway-Sunset Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California in the United States. It is
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MARCH 15, 44 BC
Julius Caesar (bust pictured), the dictator of the Roman Republic, was stabbed to death by a group of senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus.
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the
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MARCH 15, 856
Byzantine emperor Michael III (pictured) overthrew the regency of his mother Theodora to assume power for himself.
Michael III, also known as Michael the Drunkard, was Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally
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MARCH 15, 1943
World War II: German forces recaptured Kharkov after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long Third Battle of Kharkov.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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MARCH 15, 1783
George Washington delivered a speech to Continental Army officers in Newburgh, New York, asking them to support the supremacy of the Congress of the Confederation, defusing a potential coup.
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of
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MARCH 15, 1921
Talaat Pasha, the main perpetrator of the Armenian genocide, was assassinated by Soghomon Tehlirian.
Mehmed Talât, commonly known as Talaat Pasha or Talat Pasha, was an Ottoman Young Turk activist, revolutionary, politician, and convicted war criminal
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MARCH 15, 1927
In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the inaugural edition of the Women's Boat Race.
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making
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MARCH 15, 1917
Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in Russia, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its
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MARCH 15, 1916
Six days after Pancho Villa and his cross-border raiders attacked Columbus, New Mexico, U.S. general John J. Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue him.
Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary
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MARCH 15, 1823
American sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of New South Greenland, a phantom island, near Antarctica.
Benjamin Morrell was an American sea captain, explorer and trader who made a number of voyages, mainly to the Atlantic, the Southern
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MARCH 15, 1311
In the Battle of Halmyros, the Catalan Company defeated the forces of Walter V, Count of Brienne, taking control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in present-day Greece.
The Battle of Halmyros, known by earlier scholars as the Battle of the Cephissus or Battle of Orchomenos, was fought on 15
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MARCH 15, 1875
John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States.
John McCloskey was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first American-born Archbishop of New York from 1864 until his death
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