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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 7th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 7, 321, Roman Emperor Constantine I decreed that dies Solis Invicti (‘sun-day,’ or Day of Sol Invictus, Roman God of the Sun) would be the Roman day of rest throughout the Roman Empire. On March 7, 1274, Saint Thomas Aquinas died having not completed his masterpiece, the Summa Theologiæ, in which he defines evil as the absence or privation of…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 6th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 6, 632, founder of the Islamic religion and Prophet, Muhammad, made his Farewell Sermon from Mount Arafat in what is now Saudi Arabia during his final Hajj. On March 6, 1836, the most celebrated defeat in American history ended in a massacre! On March 6, 1899, the German chemical and pharmaceutical firm, Bayer AG, (the people that brought us “Heroin”)…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 5th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 5, 1496, in the wake of the tremendous news about the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World, King Henry VII of England granted “letters patent” to John Cabot, an Italian sailor and adventurer, along with his sons, to explore the world on behalf of the English Crown. On March 5, 1770, in an incident then known as “The…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 4th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 4, 938, the relics of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs, were translated, which means moved to a more permanent location. On March 4, 1917, the U.S. Congress welcomed its first female U.S. Representative (congresswoman) when Jeanette Rankin of Montana joined the exclusive group. On March 4, 1918, the USS Cyclops kept a date with destiny! On March…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 3rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 3, 1776, the Continental Navy and Continental Marines, the forces that would become the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, conducted the first amphibious operation in US military history when a raid on Nassau in the Bahamas was conducted, known as The Raid on Nassau or sometimes called The Battle of Nassau. On March 2 and 3, 1859,…