WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. MARCH
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Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali. (1. March 1811)

Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba. (1. March 1815)

A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico. (1. March 1836)

President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. (1. March 1845)

The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment. (1. March 1847)

Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. (1. March 1852)

German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg. (1. March 1854)

Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital. (1. March 1867)

The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia. (1. March 1868)

Marshal F.S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War. (1. March 1870)

Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. (1. March 1872)

E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. (1. March 1873)

The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham. (1. March 1886)

Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. (1. March 1893)

Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. (1. March 1896)

Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. (1. March 1896)

The Australian Army is formed. (1. March 1901)

The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people. (1. March 1910)

Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. (1. March 1912)

The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union. (1. March 1914)