Historical Anniversaries this Week

March 4

 Events (250 years ago today)

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland, resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.

 Births (500 years ago today): 1526 – Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (died 1596)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist, ethnographer, and theologian (died 1907)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – John Buford, American general (died 1863)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher and academic (died 1887)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (died 1863)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet and author (died 1947)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Theodore Hardeen, Hungarian-American magician (died 1945)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Henri de Contenson, French archaeologist and academic (died 2019)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, French businessman, soldier and racing driver (died 2018)^[37]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (died 2018)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Pascual Pérez, Argentinian boxer (died 1977)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Don Rendell, English saxophonist and flute player (died 2015)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Robbie Blake, English footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tommy Jönsson, Swedish footballer

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – John Marvin Jones, American judge and politician (born 1882)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (born 1886)

March 5

 Births (700 years ago today): 1326 – Louis I of Hungary (died 1382)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1947)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player (died 1959)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – ?ar?nas Jasikevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Konerko, American baseball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1726 – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1655)

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1876 – Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (born 1805)^[78]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1889)

March 6

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (died 1893)^[20]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – A. A. Kannisto, Finnish politician (died 1930)^[25]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ann Curtis, American swimmer (died 2012)^[35]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician^{[citation needed]}

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ray O'Connor, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (died 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ken Anderson, American wrestler and actor

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (born 1903)

March 7

 Events (200 years ago today): 1826 – Shrigley abduction: 15-year old Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future figure in the establishment of colonies in South Australia and New Zealand.^[7][8]

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".^[10]

 Deaths (800 years ago today): 1226 – William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English commander^[150]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Wright Patman, American politician (born 1893)^[174]

March 8

 Events (900 years ago today): 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.^[2]

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1799)^[52]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2001)^[92]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chris Clark, American ice hockey player^[144]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player^[145]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter^[146]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Hines Ward, Korean-American football player^[147]

 Deaths (900 years ago today): 1126 – Urraca of León and Castile (born 1079)^[180]

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International Women's Day


March 9

 Events (800 years ago today): 1226 – Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.^[3]

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – Scottish philosopher Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations, ushering in the classical period of political economy.^[8]

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the deadliest cable car accident in history.^[35]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Joe Franklin, American radio and television host (died 2015)^[86]

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1876 – Louise Colet, French poet (born 1810)^[237]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (born 1865)^[243]

March 10

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.^[18]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor (died 1973)^[86]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Marques Haynes, American basketball player (died 2015)^[109]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player^[175]

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French author and critic (born 1718)^[230]

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 – John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (born 1758)^[232]