March 1 Historical Events

The following events took place on March 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 93 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 752 BC
  Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.
• 509 BC
  Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
• 86 BC
  Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus.
• 293
  Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi (“Four Rulers of the World”).
• 317
  Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares
• 350
  Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar.
• 1457
  The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.
• 1476
  Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.
• 1562
  Twenty-three Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
• 1565
  The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
• 1593
  The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
• 1628
  Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
• 1633
  Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
• 1642
  Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
• 1692
  Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.

• 1700
  Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.
• 1713
  The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony’s interior to European colonization.
• 1781
  The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
• 1790
  The first United States census is authorized.
• 1803
  Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.
• 1805
  Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
• 1811
  Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
• 1815
  Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba, start of the Hundred Days.
• 1836
  A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
• 1845
  United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
• 1847
  The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.
• 1852
  Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
• 1854
  German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
• 1867
  Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
• 1868
  The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.