March 15 in history
Events on March 15
Notable events that happened on March 15 in past years.
- 2026
Four members of a Palestinian family are shot dead in Tammun by the Israeli military.
Wikipedia article: Killing of members of the Bani Odeh family - 2019
Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.
Wikipedia article: Fridays for Future - 1991
Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Wikipedia article: Cold War - 1974
Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.
Wikipedia article: Sterling Airways Flight 901 - 1951
The Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
Wikipedia article: Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry - 1927
The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
Wikipedia article: Women's Boat Race - 1919
Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
Wikipedia article: Ukrainian War of Independence - 1907
The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.
Wikipedia article: 1907 Finnish parliamentary election - 1877
First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
Wikipedia article: English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876–77 - 1848
A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.
Wikipedia article: Hungarian Revolution of 1848 - 1781
The British under Charles Cornwallis defeat American forces under Nathanael Greene in the battle of Guilford Court House.
Wikipedia article: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis - 1564
Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the jizya tax on non-Muslim subjects.
Wikipedia article: Akbar - 933
After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.
Wikipedia article: Henry the Fowler - 493
Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.
- 474 BC
Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.
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