15th March anniversaries

• Birth
  • 938
  • Turkey
  • "Birth of Romanos II, Byzantine Emperor" more
  • 1767
  • United States
  • "Birth of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the USA" more
  • 1858
  • United States
  • "Birth of Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and horticulturist ."
• event
  • 1493
  • Spain
  • Christopher Columbus arrived back in Spain after his first voyage to the Americas. more
  • 1820
  • United States
  • Maine became the 23rd US state. more
  • 1877
  • First cricket Test Match begins (between Australia and England in Melbourne) – Australia won by 45 runs
  • 1906
  • Great Britain
  • Rolls-Royce Ltd registered
  • 1909
  • Great Britain
  • "Selfridges department store opened in Oxford Street, London"
  • 1919
  • France
  • The American Legion was founded in Paris
  • 1949
  • Great Britain
  • Clothes rationing ended in Britain
  • 1956
  • United States
  • "Opening night of My Fair Lady at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York." more
• Death
  • -44
  • Italy
  • Julius Caesar assasinated in Rome more
  • 1145
  • Italy
  • Death of Pope Lucius II more
  • 1891
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, British engineer who built the London sewage system, which dramatically reduced the mortality rate as well as making the city smell better." more
  • 1898
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir Henry Besssemer, English engineer who invented the Bessemer Process for mass producing steel." more
  • 1959
  • United States
  • "Death of Lester Young (also known as Prez), American jazz saxophonist"
  • 1983
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Rebecca West, British novelist ."
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Benjamin Spock, American paediatrician and writer ."