What is March 10?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[241 BC]] &ndash; [[First Punic War]]: [[Battle of the Aegates Islands]] – The [[Roman Republic|Romans]] sinks the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] fleet; end of First Punic War. * [[298]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Maximian]] completes his campaign in [[North Africa]] against the [[Berber]]s, and makes a triumphant entry to [[Carthage]] in present–day [[Tunisia]]. * [[1496]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] leaves [[Hispaniola]] for [[Spain]], ending his second visit to the [[Western Hemisphere]]. * [[1535]] &ndash; Tomas de Berlanga reaches the [[Galapagos Islands]] after sailing off course in a storm. * [[1607]] &ndash; [[Susenyos of Ethiopia|Susenyos]] defeats combined armies of [[Yaqob]] and [[Abuna Petros II]] at the [[Battle of Gol]] in Gojjam, making him [[Emperor of Ethiopia]]. * [[1629]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England]] dissolves [[Parliament]], starting the [[Eleven Years Tyranny]] in which there was no parliament. * [[1661]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV of France]] takes absolute [[government]] powers. * [[1792]] &ndash; [[Huguenot]] [[Jean Calas]], wrongly convicted for killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities. This inspires [[Voltaire]] to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform. * [[1801]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]]'s first national [[census]] is carried out. * [[1804]] &ndash; [[Louisiana Purchase]]: In [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of [[Louisiana]] Territory from [[France]] to the [[United States]]. * [[1814]] &ndash; [[Napoleon I of France]] is defeated at the [[Battle of Laon]] in [[France]]. * [[1831]] &ndash; The [[French Foreign Legion]] is established by [[List of French monarchs|King]] [[Louis-Philippe of France|Louis-Philippe]] to support his [[French rule in Algeria|war in Algeria]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] is ratified by the [[United States Senate]], ending the [[Mexican-American War]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; El Hadj [[Umar Tal