Talk:March 15
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March 15: National Day in Hungary, Hōnen Matsuri in Japan.
- 44 BC - Julius Caesar of the Roman Republic was stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
- 1311 - The Catalan Company defeated Walter V of Brienne in the Battle of Halmyros and took control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
- 1877 - History of cricket: Cricketers representing England and Australia began the first match in Test cricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1917 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (pictured) was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.
- 1939 - German troops began the occupation of Czechoslovakia; the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was proclaimed the following day.
Recent days: March 14 – March 13 – March 12
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[edit] Julius Caesar?
Shouldn't Caesar go under March 14? Mattman00000 04:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Why March 14? He was assassinated on the Ides of March, March 15. -- Borameer ™ 14:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Apparently if you convert the calendar they used then to the calendar we use now the March 15 of 44 BC becomes March 14, but he died on the ides of March (March 15) so I don’t see why it should be changed.--ChesterMarcol 16:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
