And the next date in the calendar is....

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March 2, 1855 - Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia

 

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3 March 1847 – Birth of Alexander Graham Bell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell

 

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4 March 1665 – English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Dutch_War

 

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March 5, 1946 - Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in a speech @ Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Marked as the beginning of the Cold War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Churchill_Museum

 

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6 March 1881 – Death of Horatia Nelson, daughter of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatia_Nelson

 

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March 7, 1936 - Germany reoccupies the Rhineland

The above headline is laughable



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remilitarization_of_the_Rhineland

 

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8 March 1844 – King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_I_of_Sweden

 

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March 9, 1566 - Murder of David Rizzio, secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, by her husband, Lord Darnley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rizzio

 

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10 March 1845 – Birth of Tsar Alexander III of Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Russia

 

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11 March 1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Militia_Bill_1708

 

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March 12, 1928 - Birth of playwright Edward Albee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Albee

 

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March 13, 1741 - Birth of Joseph II, H R Emperor, son of Maria Theresa, brother of Marie Antoinette

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

 

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14 March 1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng

 

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March 15, 1906 - Rolls Royce Lmtd is incorporated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Limited

 

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March 16, 1856 - Birth of Napoleon, Prince Imperial of France

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoléon,_Prince_Imperial

 

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March 17, 1938 - Birth of dancer Rudolf Nureyev

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Nureyev

 

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March 18, 1496 = Birth of Mary Tudor, Queen of France (Henry VIII's sister, grandmother of Lady Jane Grey)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tudor,_Queen_of_France

 

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March 19, 1848 - Birth of Wyatt Earp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Earp

 

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March 20, 1469 - Birth of Princess Cecily of York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_of_York

 

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21 March 1556 – In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer