WHAT HAPPENED ON 15. MARCH
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Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. (15. March 44. BC)

Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty. (15. March 221)

Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan which began the Jin Dynasty. (15. March 280)

Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. (15. March 351)

After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river. (15. March 933)

Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. (15. March 1311)

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas. (15. March 1493)

First meeting of the Council of Trent. (15. March 1545)

Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya" (per capita tax). (15. March 1564)

Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence. (15. March 1672)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400. (15. March 1781)

In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place. (15. March 1783)

Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state. (15. March 1820)

A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party. (15. March 1848)

American Civil War: The Red River Campaign : U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana. (15. March 1864)

Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States. (15. March 1875)

First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia (15. March 1877)

Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888. (15. March 1888)

Liverpool F.C. is founded. (15. March 1892)

Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated. (15. March 1906)