This Day in History: March 15th

Here are 10 historical events that took place on March 15th, listed in chronological order:

1. 44 BC: The assassination of Julius Caesar by a group of Roman senators, including Brutus and Cassius, takes place in the Theatre of Pompey in Rome.
2. 493: The Ostrogoths under Theodoric the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer at the Battle of Verona, establishing Theodoric as ruler of Italy.
3. 1493: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the Americas, concluding his expedition.
4. 1781: During the American Revolutionary War, British forces under General Cornwallis defeat the Continental Army under General Greene at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina.
5. 1820: Maine becomes the 23rd state of the United States.
6. 1917: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the throne, marking the end of the Romanov dynasty and the start of the Russian Revolution.
7. 1939: Germany occupies Czechoslovakia, violating the Munich Agreement and escalating tensions leading up to World War II.
8. 1972: The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland, suspending the Northern Ireland Parliament and government.
9. 1985: The first Internet domain name, symbolics.com, is registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation, marking the beginning of the commercial Internet era.
10. 2011: Syrian civil war begins with protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s government erupting in several cities across the country.

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