March 7 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire

Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

Antoninus Pius · Marcus Aurelius · Lucius Verus

Roman subjects in the province of Africa revolt against Maximinus Thrax and elect Gordian I as emperor.

Africa (Roman province) · Maximinus Thrax · Gordian I

Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.

Constantine I · Sol Invictus · Sunday

Stephen Tempier, bishop of Paris, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses.

Étienne Tempier

A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-73) and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands.

Ottoman Empire · Republic of Venice · Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-73) · Cyprus

Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.

Napoleon Bonaparte · Siege of Jaffa · Jaffa · Palestine (region) · Albania

Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.

Battle of Craonne

Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.

Empire of Brazil · Brazilian Marine Corps · Carmen de Patagones · Argentina

Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.

Shrigley abduction · Kidnapping · Edward Gibbon Wakefield · Politician

Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.

United States Senate · Daniel Webster · Compromise of 1850 · Civil war

American Civil War: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.

American Civil War · Union (American Civil War) · Confederate States of America · Battle of Pea Ridge · Arkansas

Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".

Alexander Graham Bell · Patent · Invention · Telephone

The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.

SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse · Wireless telegraphy

Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.

Second Boer War · Boer · Koos de la Rey · British Empire · Battle of Tweebosch

Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.

Prince · William, Prince of Albania · Albania

Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.

World War II · Locarno Pact · Treaty of Versailles · Remilitarization of the Rhineland

World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.

Ludendorff Bridge · Rhine · Remagen

Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.

Cold War · Soviet Union · Klaus Fuchs · Soviet Union

Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.

Korean War · Operation Ripper · United Nations · General officer · Matthew Ridgway

Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.

Selma to Montgomery marches · Civil Rights Movement · Selma, Alabama

Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara (MPRS), Indonesian provisional parliament, revoked Sukarno's mandate as President of Indonesia.

People's Consultative Assembly · Sukarno · President of Indonesia

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.

Vietnam War · Army of the Republic of Vietnam · Operation Truong Cong Dinh · Viet Cong · Mỹ Tho

Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster · USS Preserver (ARS-8) · STS-51-L

Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.

1987 Lieyu massacre · Republic of China Armed Forces · Vietnam · Refugee · Lieyu, Kinmen

Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.

Iran · Salman Rushdie · The Satanic Verses

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

Lashkar-e-Taiba · 2006 Varanasi bombings · Varanasi

The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.

House of Commons of the United Kingdom · House of Lords

The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles.

Real Irish Republican Army · 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting · Massereene Barracks · Northern Ireland · The Troubles

Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor (d. 211)

Publius Septimius Geta

Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1512)

Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg

Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)

Baldassare Peruzzi

Fray Thomas de San Martín, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (d. 1555)

Fray Thomas de San Martín

John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (d. 1592)

John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern

Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (d. 1621)

Guillaume du Vair

Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (d. 1734)

Rob Roy MacGregor

Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga (d. 1736)

Filippo Juvarra · Basilica of Superga

Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)

Pope Clement XIII

Ewald Christian von Kleist, German soldier and poet (d. 1759)

Ewald Christian von Kleist

Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (d. 1725)

Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy

Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1807)

Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil · Prime Minister of France

Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography (d. 1833)

Nicéphore Niépce · Photography

Alessandro Manzoni, Italian author and poet (d. 1873)

Alessandro Manzoni

Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and biochemist (d. 1878)

Antoine César Becquerel

John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)

John Herschel

Increase A. Lapham, American botanist and author (d. 1875)

Increase A. Lapham

Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882)

Henry Draper

Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (d. 1909)

Ludwig Mond · Metal carbonyl

William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star (d. 1915)

William Rockhill Nelson · The Kansas City Star

Marriott Henry Brosius, American senator (d. 1901)

Marriott Henry Brosius

Luther Burbank, American botanist and author (d. 1926)

Luther Burbank

Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1921)

Champ Clark · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1937)

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk · President of Czechoslovakia

Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)

Julius Wagner-Jauregg · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (d. 1944)

Piet Mondrian

Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (d. 1959)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1937)

Maurice Ravel

Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (d. 1927)

Boris Kustodiev

Milton Avery, American painter (d. 1965)

Milton Avery

John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (d. 1971)

John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey

Virginia Pearson, American actress (d. 1958)

Virginia Pearson

G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1975)

G. I. Taylor

Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist (d. 1970)

Wilson Dallam Wallis

William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author (d. 1977)

William L. Laurence

Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1978)

Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer · Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (d. 1988)

Dorothy de Rothschild

Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994)

Heinz Rühmann

Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1969)

Ivar Ballangrud

Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer (d. 1942)

Reinhard Heydrich · SS

Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)

Anna Magnani

Will Glickman, American playwright (d. 1983)

Will Glickman

Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian journalist and author (d. 1987)

Sachchidananda Vatsyayan

Stefan Kisielewski, Polish libertarian writer and politician (d. 1991)

Stefan Kisielewski

Adile Ayda, Turkish engineer and diplomat (d. 1992)

Adile Ayda

Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (d. 1997)

Dollard Ménard

Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)

Jacques Chaban-Delmas · Prime Minister of France

Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003)

Janet Collins

Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001)

Betty Holberton

Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2004)

Olga Ladyzhenskaya

Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (d. 2004)

Mochtar Lubis

Morton Bard, American psychologist (d. 1997)

Morton Bard

Bill Boedeker, American football player (d. 2014)

Bill Boedeker

Rene Gagnon, American soldier (d. 1979)

Rene Gagnon

James Broderick, American actor and director (d. 1982)

James Broderick

Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (d. 2014)

Dan Jacobson

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and politician (d. 2017)

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon

Robert Trotter, Scottish actor and photographer (d. 2013)

Robert Trotter

Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and accountant (d. 1998)

Jackie Blanchflower

Ed Bouchee, American baseball player (d. 2013)

Ed Bouchee

Willard Scott, American television personality and actor

Willard Scott

Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (d. 2013)

Florentino Fernández (boxer)

Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (d. 1982)

Georges Perec

David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

David Baltimore · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter

Danyel Gérard

Daniel J. Travanti, American actor

Daniel J. Travanti

Piers Paul Read, English historian and author

Piers Paul Read

Michael Eisner, American businessman

Michael Eisner

Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host (d. 2007)

Tammy Faye Messner

Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player

Chris White (musician)

Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer

Ranulph Fiennes

Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)

Townes Van Zandt

John Heard, American actor and producer (d. 2017)

John Heard (actor)

Bob Herbert, American journalist

Bob Herbert

Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2006)

Arthur Lee (musician)

Elizabeth Moon, American lieutenant and author

Elizabeth Moon

Matthew Fisher, English keyboard player, songwriter, and record producer

Matthew Fisher

Peter Wolf, American singer-songwriter and musician

Peter Wolf

Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (d. 2013)

Helen Eadie

Walter Röhrl, German race car driver

Walter Röhrl

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Ghulam Nabi Azad · Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)

Billy Joe DuPree, American football player

Billy Joe DuPree

Franco Harris, American football player and businessman

Franco Harris

J. R. Richard, American baseball player and minister

J. R. Richard

William Boyd, Ghanaian-English author and screenwriter

William Boyd (writer)

Ernie Isley, American guitarist and songwriter

Ernie Isley

Viv Richards, Caribbean cricketer and footballer

Viv Richards

Lynn Swann, American football player, sportscaster, and politician

Lynn Swann

Eva Brunne, Swedish bishop

Eva Brunne

Tommy Kramer, American football player

Tommy Kramer

Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer

Bryan Cranston

Andrea Levy, English author

Andrea Levy

Robert Harris, English journalist and author

Robert Harris (novelist)

Tomás Yarrington, Mexican economist and politician, Governor of Tamaulipas

Tomás Yarrington · Governor of Tamaulipas

Rick Bass, American author and environmentalist

Rick Bass

Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

Rik Mayall

Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012)

Merv Neagle

Tom Lehman, American golfer

Tom Lehman

Donna Murphy, American actress and singer

Donna Murphy

Joe Carter, American baseball player and sportscaster

Joe Carter

Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player and coach

Ivan Lendl

Jim Spivey, American runner and coach

Jim Spivey

David Rutley, English businessman and politician

David Rutley

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, French politician

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Taylor Dayne, American singer-songwriter and actress

Taylor Dayne

Mike Eagles, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Mike Eagles

E. L. James, English author

E. L. James

Bret Easton Ellis, American author and screenwriter

Bret Easton Ellis

Wanda Sykes, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter

Wanda Sykes

Steve Beuerlein, American football player and sportscaster

Steve Beuerlein

Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer

Jesper Parnevik

Terry Carkner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Terry Carkner

Tony Daly, Australian rugby player

Tony Daly

Muhsin al-Ramli, Iraqi author, poet, translator, and academic

Muhsin al-Ramli

Ruthie Henshall, English actress, singer, and dancer

Ruthie Henshall

Ai Yazawa, Japanese author and illustrator

Ai Yazawa

Jeff Kent, American baseball player

Jeff Kent

Massimo Lotti, Italian footballer

Massimo Lotti

Hideki Noda, Japanese race car driver

Hideki Noda

Rachel Weisz, English-American actress and producer

Rachel Weisz

Peter Sarsgaard, American actor

Peter Sarsgaard

Matthew Vaughn, English director, producer, and screenwriter

Matthew Vaughn

Craig Polla-Mounter, Australian rugby league player

Craig Polla-Mounter

Jason Bright, Australian race car driver

Jason Bright

Sébastien Izambard, French tenor and producer

Sébastien Izambard

Işın Karaca, English-Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Işın Karaca

Jenna Fischer, American actress

Jenna Fischer

Facundo Sava, Argentinian footballer and manager

Facundo Sava

Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player and coach

Ronan O'Gara

Paul Cattermole, British singer and actor

Paul Cattermole

Jaqueline Jesus, Brazilian psychologist and activist

Jaqueline Jesus

Rodrigo Braña, Argentinian footballer

Rodrigo Braña

Amanda Somerville, American singer-songwriter

Amanda Somerville

Murat Boz, Turkish singer-songwriter

Murat Boz

Eric Godard, Canadian ice hockey player

Eric Godard

Laura Prepon, American actress

Laura Prepon

Brent Kite, Australian rugby league player

Brent Kite

Manucho, Angolan footballer

Manucho

Taylor Tankersley, American baseball player

Taylor Tankersley

Sebastián Viera, Uruguayan footballer

Sebastián Viera

Mathieu Flamini, French footballer

Mathieu Flamini

Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league player

Jacob Lillyman

Lindsay McCaul, American singer-songwriter

Lindsay McCaul

Andre Fluellen, American football player

Andre Fluellen

Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer

Cameron Prosser

Ben Griffin, Australian footballer

Ben Griffin (footballer)

Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer

Hatem Ben Arfa

Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player

Niclas Bergfors

Larry Asante, American football player

Larry Asante

Michele Rigione, Italian footballer

Michele Rigione

Bel Powley, English actress

Bel Powley

Denisa Allertová, Czech tennis player

Denisa Allertová

Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer

Jerome Binnom-Williams

Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer

Liam Donnelly (footballer)

Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (b. 86)

Antoninus Pius

Heraclianus, Roman politician and failed usurper

Heraclianus · Roman usurper

Nominoe, King (or duke) of Brittany

Nominoe · Duke · Duchy of Brittany

William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (b. 1176)

William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest and philosopher (b. 1225)

Thomas Aquinas

Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania (b.c. 1350)

Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania

Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (b. 1482)

Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

William IV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1493)

William IV, Duke of Bavaria

Margaret Douglas, English daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (b. 1515)

Margaret Douglas · Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus

Johann Bayer, German lawyer and cartographer (b. 1572)

Johann Bayer

Pope Innocent XIII (b. 1655)

Pope Innocent XIII

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1680)

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville · List of colonial governors of Louisiana

Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (b. 1720)

Charles De Geer

Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (b. 1753)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (b. 1750)

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood

Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)

Robert Townsend (spy)

Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)

Ferdinand André Fouqué

Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)

Pauline Johnson

Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)

Jaan Poska · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)

Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)

Robert Abbe

Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

Aristide Briand · Prime Minister of France · Nobel Peace Prize

Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)

Ernst Enno

Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)

Andreas Michalakopoulos · Prime Minister of Greece

Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)

Bradbury Robinson

Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1893)

Paramahansa Yogananda

Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

Otto Diels · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (b. 1882)

Wyndham Lewis

Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1887)

Govind Ballabh Pant · List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

Alice B. Toklas, American writer (b. 1877)

Alice B. Toklas

Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)

Sampurnanand · List of Governors of Rajasthan

Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1930)

Richard Montague

Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1895)

Mikhail Bakhtin

Wright Patman, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1893)

Wright Patman

Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)

Kirill Kondrashin

Ida Barney, American astronomer, mathematician, and academic (b. 1886)

Ida Barney

Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian conductor and composer (b. 1912)

Igor Markevitch

Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York State Attorney General (b. 1904)

Jacob K. Javits · New York State Attorney General

Divine, American drag queen and film actor (b. 1945)

Divine (performer) · Drag queen

Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (b. 1903)

Cool Papa Bell

Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

Edward Mills Purcell · Nobel Prize in Physics

Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (b. 1918)

Sidney Gottlieb

Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

Stanley Kubrick

Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)

Pee Wee King

Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)

Frankie Carle

Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941)

Paul Winfield

John Box, English production designer and art director (b. 1920)

John Box

Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1950)

Debra Hill

Gordon Parks, American photographer, director, and composer (b. 1912)

Gordon Parks

Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)

Ali Farka Touré

Ronnie Wells, American singer and educator (b. 1943)

Ronnie Wells

Ravi, Indian director and composer (b. 1926)

Ravi (music director)

Włodzimierz Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1957)

Włodzimierz Smolarek

Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)

Peter Banks

Sybil Christopher, Welsh actress (b. 1929)

Sybil Christopher

Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922)

Damiano Damiani

Frederick B. Karl, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924)

Frederick B. Karl

Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)

Claude King

Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov, Russian actor and director (b. 1930)

Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov

Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (b. 1929)

Ned O'Gorman

Victor Shem-Tov, Israeli lawyer and politician, 8th Israeli Minister of Health (b. 1915)

Victor Shem-Tov · Ministry of Health (Israel)

G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

G. Karthikeyan

F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (b. 1927)

F. Ray Keyser, Jr. · Governor of Vermont

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1935)

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (b. 1951)

Adrian Hardiman

Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (b. 1939)

Lynne Stewart