What is March 19?
{{calendar}} {{day}} March 19 is usually the last day of the [[winter]] season in the [[Northern Hemisphere]], and the last day of the [[summer]] season in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1279]] &ndash; A [[Mongolia]]n victory in the [[Battle of Yamen]] ends the rule of the [[Song Dynasty]] in [[China]]. * [[1452]] &ndash; [[Frederick, Holy Roman Emperor]] is crowned in [[Rome]]. * [[1563]] &ndash; The Edict of [[Amboise]] is signed, granting some freedoms to [[Huguenot]]s in [[France]]. * [[1616]] &ndash; [[Walter Raleigh]] is released from the [[Tower of London]] after 13 years. * [[1649]] &ndash; The English [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] passes an act banning the [[House of Lords]]. * [[1808]] &ndash; [[Charles IV of Spain]] abdicates the throne, but soon becomes King again because of the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; The [[Cadiz]] Cortes declare the Spanish [[Constitution]] of [[1812]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[March]] Revolution in [[Berlin]]. * [[1853]] &ndash; The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes [[Nanjing]] in [[China]] its capital city until [[1864]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The Confederate cruiser SS ''Georgiana'' is destroyed on its first voyage. It is re–discovered 102 years later. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Bentonville]] begins in [[North Carolina]]. * [[1882]] &ndash; The first stone of the [[Sagrada Familia]] [[Cathedral]] in [[Barcelona]] is laid. It was designed by [[Antoni Gaudi]], and is, as of [[2014]], not finished yet. * [[1885]] &ndash; [[Louis Riel]] declares a provisional [[government]] in [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]], starting the Northwest Rebellion. * [[1895]] &ndash; The [[Lumière brothers]] record their first [[movie|cinematograph]] footage. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1915]] &ndash; [[Pluto]] is photographed for the first time, but is not considered as a [[planet]]. * [[1918]] &nd