WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. MARCH
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Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women. (1. March 752. BC)

Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. (1. March 509. BC)

Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus. (1. March 86. BC)

Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World"). (1. March 293)

Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares (1. March 317)

Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar. (1. March 350)

The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination. (1. March 1457)

Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro. (1. March 1476)

Twenty-three Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion. (1. March 1562)

The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. (1. March 1565)

The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. (1. March 1593)

Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. (1. March 1628)

Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu. (1. March 1633)

Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States. (1. March 1642)

Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials. (1. March 1692)

Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753. (1. March 1700)

The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation. (1. March 1781)

The first United States census is authorized. (1. March 1790)

Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state. (1. March 1803)

Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate. (1. March 1805)