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1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.; 1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.
1921 – The 1921 Women's Olympiad began in Monte Carlo, becoming the first international women's sports event. [42] [43]1922 – The McMahon killings take place in Belfast.Six Catholic civilians are shot dead, two others wounded and a female family member assaulted.
2021 – Pope Francis begins a historical visit to Iraq [24] amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. [25] 2021 – Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. [26] 2023 – The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time. [27]
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 281 days remain until the end of the year. Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England (in Julian calendar ).
1657 – The Great Fire of Meireki begins in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, causing more than 100,000 deaths before it exhausts itself three days later.; 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in and around the Savannah River by a small fleet of the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
1602 – The Dutch East India Company is established.; 1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.; 1760 – The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo (pictured), surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars. 1964 – The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2, strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
March 18 in recent years ... 1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, ... Historical Events on March 18