Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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About March 19
March 19, 2024 is the 79th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 316 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
It’s uncommon for the March equinox to fall on this day. The last time it did was in 1796 and the next will be in 2044.
What Happened On March 19
- 1687 –Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
- 1853 –The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- 1865 –American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
- 1920 –The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
- 1931 –Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
- 1944 –World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
- 1945 –World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
- 1954 –Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
- 1969 –The 385 m tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
- 1979 –The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
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