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27th March 1915: Typhoid Mary placed in permanent quarantine in New York

Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was confined to permanent quarantine on North Brother Island in New ...

26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends

At 9am on the 26th March 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as US Marines officially secured the island from the Japanese Imperial Army during the War in the ...

25th March 1306: Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scots

Robert I, better known as Robert the Bruce, was crowned King of Scots at ...

24th March 1721: Bach dedicates the Brandenburg Concertos

On the 24th March 1721, German composer Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated what were to become known as the Brandenburg Concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, the younger brother of King Frederick I of ...

23rd March 1806: The Lewis and Clark Expedition begins its return journey

The Lewis and Clark Expedition began its journey home, having crossed the western United ...

22nd March 1621: Hugo Grotius escapes prison by hiding in a book chest

On the 22nd March 1621, Dutch legal scholar Hugo Grotius – also known as Hugo de Groot – escaped imprisonment in Loevestein Castle concealed inside a book ...

21st March 1921: The New Economic Policy introduced to the USSR by Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy at the 10th Communist Party ...

20th March 1890: Wilhelm II formally accepts Bismarck’s resignation

On the 20th March 1890, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany formally accepted Otto von Bismarck’s ...

19th March 1882: First stone laid for the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

The first stone of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia basilica was ...

18th March 1314: Execution of last Knights Templar Grand Master

On the 18th March 1314 Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was executed on the orders of King Philip ...