WHAT HAPPENED ON 3. MARCH
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Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. (3. March 473)

The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England. (3. March 1284)

Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi. (3. March 1575)

The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza. (3. March 1585)

American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau. (3. March 1776)

American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia. (3. March 1779)

The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison. (3. March 1799)

The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise. (3. March 1820)

Texans celebrate the first Texas Independence Day with the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially broke Texas from Mexico, and creating the Republic of Texas. (3. March 1836)

Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. (3. March 1845)

Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. (3. March 1857)

Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs. (3. March 1861)

Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group. (3. March 1865)

Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. (3. March 1873)

Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. (3. March 1875)

The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette. (3. March 1875)

The Russo-Turkish War ends as Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire. (3. March 1878)

The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York. (3. March 1885)

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder. (3. March 1904)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma. (3. March 1905)