What is March 1?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1800 === * [[293]] &ndash; Emperor [[Diocletian]] and [[Maximian]] appoint [[Constantius Chlorus]] and [[Galerius]] as [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]s. * [[1457]] &ndash; The [[Unitas Fratrum]] is [[Establishment|established]] in the [[village]] of Kunvald, [[Bohemia]]n–[[Moravia]]n Borderland. To date, it is the second–oldest Protestant denomination. * [[1476]] &ndash; [[Battle of Toro]]: Forces of the [[Catholic Monarchs]] of [[Spain]] engage the combined Portuguese–Castilian [[Army|armies]] of [[Afonso V of Portugal]] and the future–[[John II of Portugal]]. * [[1562]] &ndash; Over 1,000 [[Huguenot]]s are massacred by [[Catholicism|Catholics]] in [[Wassy]], [[France]] marking the start of the [[French Wars of Religion]]. * [[1565]] &ndash; The city of [[Rio de Janeiro]] is founded. * [[1593]] &ndash; The [[Uppsala]] [[Synod]] is summoned to confirm the exact form of the [[Lutheran Church]] in [[Sweden]]. * [[1628]] &ndash; Writs are issued in [[February]] by [[Charles I of England]] that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay [[ship tax]] by this date. * [[1633]] &ndash; [[Samuel de Champlain]] reclaims his role as commander of [[New France]] on behalf of [[Cardinal Richelieu]]. * [[1642]] &ndash; Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as [[York, Maine]]) becomes the first incorporated city in America. * [[1692]] &ndash; The [[Salem witch trials]] begin in [[Salem Village, Massachusetts]]. * [[1694]] &ndash; A major storm in the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] sinks a total of nine [[ship]]s, including seven English [[warship]]s, killing 823 people. * [[1700]] &ndash; [[Sweden]] introduces its own [[Swedish calendar]], in an attempt to reform into the Gregorian calendar, then reverts to the [[Julian calendar]] on this date in [[1712]], and then introduces the [[Gregorian Calendar]] on this date in [[1753]]. * [[1781]] &ndash; The [[Continental Congress]] adopts the [[Articles of Confederation]]. * [[1790]] &ndash; The first [[United States Census Bureau|United States c