📜 Events

• 1 445 – Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated while practising on the Campus Martius on behalf of Petronius Maximus.
• 2 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
• 3 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.
• 4 1355 – Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou.
• 5 1621 – Samoset, an Abenaki, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
• 6 1660 – The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
• 7 1696 – The Dutch bombard Givet during the Nine Years' War.
• 8 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
• 9 1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
• 10 1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
• 11 1872 – The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
• 12 1898 – In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.[page needed]
• 13 1621 – Samoset, an Abenaki, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
• 14 1660 – The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
• 15 1696 – The Dutch bombard Givet during the Nine Years' War.

🎂 Births