WHAT HAPPENED ON 21. MARCH
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Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the Vivarium, by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius. (21. March 537)

Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem. (21. March 630)

Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid. (21. March 717)

Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. (21. March 1152)

Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan. (21. March 1188)

Henry V becomes King of England. (21. March 1413)

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

A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins. (21. March 1788)

With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché. (21. March 1800)

The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis in Egypt. (21. March 1801)

Code Napoléon is adopted as French civil law. (21. March 1804)

Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. (21. March 1814)

Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta. (21. March 1821)

The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz. (21. March 1844)

An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000. (21. March 1857)

Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech (21. March 1861)

Otto von Bismarck is appointed Chancellor of the German Empire. (21. March 1871)

Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. (21. March 1871)

Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio. (21. March 1913)

World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins. (21. March 1918)