17th June 1631: Mumtaz Mahal’s death prompts construction of the Taj Mahal
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17th June 1631: Mumtaz Mahal’s death prompts construction of the Taj Mahal

The death of Mumtaz Mahal, the chief consort of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, prompted her husband to construct the Taj ...

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12th March 1938: Nazi German troops cross the border to annex Austria in an event known as the Anschluss

12th March 1938: Nazi German troops cross the border to annex Austria in an event known as the Anschluss

German forces entered Austria without resistance and incorporated Austria into Germany, after which a referendum was held that showed overwhelming support for the ...

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11th March 1918: First confirmed case of Spanish Flu identified at Camp Funston in Kansas

11th March 1918: First confirmed case of Spanish Flu identified at Camp Funston in Kansas

Within 18 months the disease had become a pandemic that infected up to a third of the entire world’s ...

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10th March 1762: The execution of Jean Calas prompts debates on religious intolerance and judicial injustice in France

10th March 1762: The execution of Jean Calas prompts debates on religious intolerance and judicial injustice in France

Jean Calas was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by breaking on the wheel, but the case had been marred by inconsistencies and a lack of conclusive evidence that prompted Voltaire to argue Calas had been a victim of religious prejudice and a flawed judicial ...

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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slavery case and sets the captured Africans free

9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slavery case and sets the captured Africans free

The long case eventually went before the Supreme Court who ruled that they had been unlawfully held and thus rebelled in a natural right to self-defence. The court set them ...

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8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty

8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty

Nader's coronation ended Safavid rule and established the Afsharid dynasty that dramatically expanded Persia’s borders, but at the expense of heavy taxation that funded the military ...

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7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler

7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler

Hitler chose to send three battalions, or approximately 22,000 German troops, into the Rhineland in violation of the terms of the Treaty of ...

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6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States

6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States

Roosevelt's press conference was exclusively for women reporters. It was the first time a president’s wife had held a press briefing, marking a significant departure from previous ...

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5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech played a significant role in changing western perceptions of their former Soviet ...

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