What is March 15?
{{calendar}} {{day}} In the Roman calendar March 15 was known as the [[Ides of March]], and it was on this day that [[Julius Caesar]] was murdered. == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[44 BC]] &ndash; [[Julius Caesar]], [[Dictator]] of the [[Roman Republic]], is stabbed to death by [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], [[Decimus Junius Brutus]] and several other [[Roman Senate|Roman senators]] on the [[Ides of March]]. * [[280]] &ndash; [[Sun Hao]] of Eastern [[Wu]] surrenders to [[Sima Yan]], beginning the [[Jin Dynasty]]. * [[933]] &ndash; After a 10–year truce, German King [[Henry I of Germany|Henry I]] defeats a Hungarian [[army]] at the [[Battle of Riade]] near the Unstrut River. * [[1311]] &ndash; [[Battle of Halmyros]]: The [[Catalan Company]] defeats [[Walter V of Brienne]] to take control of the [[Duchy of Athens]], a [[Crusader states|Crusader state]] in [[Greece]]. * [[1493]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] returns to [[Spain]] after his first trip to the [[Americas]]. * [[1545]] &ndash; First meeting of the [[Council of Trent]]. * [[1672]] &ndash; [[Charles II of England]] issues the [[Royal Declaration of Indulgence]]. * [[1781]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Guilford Courthouse]] – Near present–day [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]], [[North Carolina]], 1,900 [[United Kingdom|British]] troops under General [[Charles Cornwallis]] defeat an [[United States|American]] force numbering 4,400. * [[1781]] &ndash; French [[astronomer]] [[Pierre Mechain]] discovers the spiral [[Galaxy|galaxies]] [[Messier 98]], [[Messier 99]] and [[Messier 100]]. * [[1783]] &ndash; In an emotional speech in [[Newburgh, New York]], [[George Washington]] asks his officers not to support the [[Newburgh Conspiracy]]. The plea is successful and the threatened [[coup d'état]] never takes place. * [[1820]] &ndash; [[Maine]] becomes the 23rd [[U.S. state]]. * [[1827]] &ndash; The [[University of Toronto]] is chartered. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[The Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas|Revolution breaks out]] in [[