On 10th March many things took place like many took birth, many were no more in all this day, holds many happenings which are counted as memories today.
So, let’s just have a look on some of the events took place on 10th march in history:
241 BC First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
1535 Bishop Tomés de Berlanga discovers the Galapagos Islands
1624 England declares war on Spain
1697 Tsar Peter the Great begins a tour of Western Europe
1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
1735 An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku
1783 USS Alliance under Captain Barry fights and wins last naval battle of US Revolutionary War off Cape Canaveral
1789 Franklin College founded
1791 John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
1791 Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
1801 First official census in Great Britain, revealing a population of approximately 10 million
1830 The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1831 The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
1847 1st money minted in Hawai
1861 West African political leader El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali
1862 Great Britain & France recognise independence of Zanzibar
1862 US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)
1864 Ullyses Grant is named commander of the Union armies
1864 Red River campaign begun in Louisiana by Union forces
1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC
1874 Purdue University (Indiana) admits its 1st studen
1880 Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity
1888 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Psyche"
1888 Heavyweight Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds.
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