Anniversaries

13th March 1864 (166 Years)

Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter and printmaker, active in Germany, was born.

13th March 1930 (100 Years)

The German artist Günther Uecker, most famous for the use of nails in his art, is born.

13th March 2013 (17 Years)

Pope Francis is elected, in the papal conclave, as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.

14th March 1864 (166 Years)

Samuel Baker, the British explorer discovers Lake Albert in east Africa.

14th March 1879 (151 Years)

Albert Einstein was born.

14th March 1883 (147 Years)

Karl Marx, philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist, died.

14th March 1885 (145 Years)

The Mikado a light opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, had its first public performance in London.

14th March 1915 (115 Years)

The English artist and book illustrator Walter Crane dies.

14th March 1958 (72 Years)

Albert II, Prince of Monaco, son of Prince Ranieri III and Grace Kelly, was born.

14th March 1964 (66 Years)

Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, is found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair.

14th March 1991 (39 Years)

Margery Sharp, English writer most famous for The Rescuers series, dies.

15th March 1767 (263 Years)

Andrew Jackson, American soldier and statesman who served as the 7th President of the United States, was born.

15th March 1917 (113 Years)

Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, was forced to abdicate the throne. End of Russian Empire.

15th March 1917 (113 Years)

Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, was forced to abdicate the throne. End of Russian Empire.

15th March 1943 (87 Years)

David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter, was born.

15th March 1990 (40 Years)

Michael Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Union.

15th March 1990 (40 Years)

Mikhail Gorbachev became president of Soviet Union.

16th March 1957 (73 Years)

Romanian Abstract Sculptor Constantin Brancusi died.

16th March 1976 (54 Years)

British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigned, citing personal reasons.

17th March 1905 (125 Years)

Franklin Roosevelt married Eleanor Roosevelt.

17th March 1919 (111 Years)

Nat King Cole was born.

17th March 1938 (92 Years)

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer, was born.

17th March 1941 (89 Years)

The National Gallery of Art was officially opened in Washington by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

17th March 1944 (86 Years)

Pattie Boyd, English model and photographer, was born.

18th March 1766 (264 Years)

American Revolution: the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.

18th March 1768 (262 Years)

Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist, died.

18th March 1937 (93 Years)

Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer and painter died.

18th March 1944 (86 Years)

Last eruption of Mount Vesuvius, killing over 100 people.

19th March 1936 (94 Years)

Ursula Andress, Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, was born.

19th March 1997 (33 Years)

Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist, died.

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