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==Images==
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File:Giulio-cesare-enhanced 1-800x1450.jpg|Julius Caesar
File:Vincenzo Camuccini, The Death of Julius Caesar (detail).jpg|''The Death of Julius Caesar'' by [[Vincenzo Camuccini]]
File:Portrait of George Washington-transparent.png|Portrait of George Washington in military uniform
File:John Cardinal McCloskey - Brady-Handy.jpg|John McCloskey
File:Ger Inf Russia 1941 HDSN9902655.JPEG|Two German infantrymen in Russia, 1941
File:Maine Locator Map.PNG|Blank map of Maine
File:Mehmed Talat Pasha.jpg|Talaat Pasha
File:Nicholas II of Russia cropped.jpg|Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia
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==Ineligible==
{|class="wikitable"
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!Blurb
!Reason
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| '''[[Hōnen Matsuri]]''' in Japan
| essentially unreferenced stub
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| ; '''[[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|National Day]]''' in Hungary ([[1848]])
| inappropriate tone
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| [[933]] – [[East Francia|Franks]] led by German king [[Henry the Fowler|{{nowrap|Henry I}}]] defeated an invading Hungarian army in the '''[[Battle of Riade]]''' in northern [[Thuringia]].
| refimprove section
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| [[1781]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: A British force under General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]], numbering 1,900, fought 4,400 American troops under [[Rhode Island]] native General [[Nathanael Greene]] at the '''[[Battle of Guilford Court House]]''' inside present-day [[Greensboro, North Carolina]].
|unreferenced section
|-
| [[1820]] – As part of the [[Missouri Compromise]], the [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] of [[Massachusetts]] known as '''[[Maine]]'''<!-- ''(map pictured)''--> was given its own U.S. statehood.
| refimprove section
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| [[1877]] – [[Cricket]]ers representing [[England cricket team|England]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] began the '''[[History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883|first match]]''' in [[Test cricket]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia.
| needs more footnotes, [[English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876–77]]: refimprove
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| [[1906]] – [[Charles Rolls]] and [[Henry Royce]] founded the British automobile manufacturing company '''[[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]]'''.
|unreferenced section
|-
| [[1939]] – Nazi German troops began their '''[[German occupation of Czechoslovakia|occupation of Czechoslovakia]]''' and established the '''[[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]]'''.
|both: refimprove
|-
| [[1941]] – '''[[Philippine Airlines]]''', the [[flag carrier]] of the Philippines took its first flight, making it the oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
| unreferenced section
|-
| [[1945]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Soviet Red Army]] began the '''[[Upper Silesian Offensive]]''' aimed at capturing the industrial and raw materials resources located in [[Upper Silesia]].
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1956]] – The [[musical theatre|musical]] '''''[[My Fair Lady]]''''', based on [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'', debuted at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] in New York City.
| lots of CN tags
|-
| [[1985]] – The company [[Symbolics]] became the first entity, individual or party to register a '''[[.com]]''' [[top-level domain|top-level domain name]]: ''symbolics.com''.
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1986]] – The building housing the '''[[Collapse of Hotel New World|Hotel New World]]''' in Singapore collapsed suddenly due to [[structural failure]], killing 33 people.
| multiple issues
|-
| [[1989]] – The '''[[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]]''', a government-run military veteran benefit system, was established as a [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet-level position]].
| refimprove
|-
| '''[[Paul Pogba]]''' (b. 1993)
| expansion
|}
==Eligible==
* [[44 BC]] – Dictator [[Julius Caesar]] of the [[Roman Republic]] '''[[Assassination of Julius Caesar|was stabbed to death]]''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger|Marcus Junius Brutus]] and several other [[Roman Senate|Roman senators]].
* [[856]] – Byzantine emperor '''[[Michael III]]''' overthrew the regency of his mother [[Theodora (wife of Theophilos)|Theodora]] to assume power for himself.
* [[1311]] – The [[Catalan Company]] defeated [[Walter V, Count of Brienne]] in the '''[[Battle of Halmyros]]''' and took control of the [[Duchy of Athens]], a [[Crusader states|Crusader state]] in Greece.
* [[1875]] – [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|Archbishop of New York]] '''[[John McCloskey]]''' was named the first [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in the United States.
* [[1916]] – Six days after [[Pancho Villa]] and his cross-border raiders attacked [[Columbus, New Mexico]], U.S. General [[John J. Pershing]] led a '''[[Pancho Villa Expedition|punitive expedition into Mexico]]''' to pursue Villa.
* [[1917]] – Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> was forced to abdicate in the '''[[February Revolution]]''', ending three centuries of [[House of Romanov|Romanov]] rule.
* [[1921]] – '''[[Talaat Pasha]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''-->, considered the main perpetrator of the [[Armenian Genocide]], was [[Operation Nemesis|assassinated]]<!--not bold, encompasses more assassinations than Talaat--> by the [[Armenian Revolutionary Federation]].
* [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: German forces recaptured [[Kharkiv|Kharkov]] after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long '''[[Third Battle of Kharkov]]'''.
* [[1972]] – '''''[[The Godfather]]''''', a [[Mob film|gangster film]] based on the [[The Godfather (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Mario Puzo]] and directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]], was released.
* [[1990]] – Iraqi authorities hanged freelance Iranian reporter '''[[Farzad Bazoft]]''' for [[espionage|spying]] for Israel.
* Born/died: '''[[Archibald Menzies]]''' (b. 1754){{·}} '''[[Christian Michelsen]]''' (b. 1857){{·}} '''[[Matthew Charlton]]''' (b. 1866){{·}} '''[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]''' (b. 1933){{·}} '''[[Arthur Compton]]''' (d. 1962)
==Notes==
* [[FC Bayern Munich]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 27|February 27]], so Liverpool FC should not appear in the same year
* [[Missouri Compromise]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/March 3|March 3]], so Maine should not appear in the same year
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'''[[March 15]]''': '''[[Ides of March]]'''
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{{main page image|File:Boat Race 2015 - Women's Main Race (01).jpg|2015 Women's Boat Race|width=180}}
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* [[1147]] – Portuguese troops under the leadership of [[Afonso I of Portugal|{{nowrap|Afonso I}}]] '''[[Conquest of Santarém|captured]]''' the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] city of [[Santarém, Portugal|Santarém]].
* [[1783]] – A '''[[Newburgh Conspiracy|potential uprising]]''' in [[Newburgh, New York]], was defused when [[George Washington]] asked [[Continental Army]] officers to support the supremacy of [[United States Congress|Congress]].
* [[1927]] – In rowing, [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] defeated [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] in the [[Women's Boat Race 1927|first]]<!--not bold, short--> '''[[Women's Boat Race]]''' ''([[The Boat Races 2015|2015 edition]] pictured)'' held in Oxford, England.
* [[1951]] – The Iranian oil industry '''[[Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry|was nationalized]]''' in a movement led by [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]].
* [[2011]] – [[Arab Spring]]: Protests [[Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War|erupted across Syria]] against the authoritarian government, marking the start of the '''[[Syrian Civil War]]'''.
'''[[Albert of Schwarzburg]]''' (d. 1327){{·}} '''[[Johan Vaaler]]''' (b. 1866){{·}} '''[[Lauren Ebsary]]''' (b. 1983)
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==Images==
Use only ONE image at a time
<gallery>
File:Giulio-cesare-enhanced 1-800x1450.jpg|Julius Caesar
File:Vincenzo Camuccini, The Death of Julius Caesar (detail).jpg|''The Death of Julius Caesar'' by [[Vincenzo Camuccini]]
File:Portrait of George Washington-transparent.png|Portrait of George Washington in military uniform
File:John Cardinal McCloskey - Brady-Handy.jpg|John McCloskey
File:Ger Inf Russia 1941 HDSN9902655.JPEG|Two German infantrymen in Russia, 1941
File:Maine Locator Map.PNG|Blank map of Maine
File:Mehmed Talat Pasha.jpg|Talaat Pasha
File:Nicholas II of Russia cropped.jpg|Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia
</gallery>
==Ineligible==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Blurb
!Reason
|-
| '''[[Hōnen Matsuri]]''' in Japan
| essentially unreferenced stub
|-
| ; '''[[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|National Day]]''' in Hungary ([[1848]])
| inappropriate tone
|-
| [[933]] – [[East Francia|Franks]] led by German king [[Henry the Fowler|{{nowrap|Henry I}}]] defeated an invading Hungarian army in the '''[[Battle of Riade]]''' in northern [[Thuringia]].
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1781]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: A British force under General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]], numbering 1,900, fought 4,400 American troops under [[Rhode Island]] native General [[Nathanael Greene]] at the '''[[Battle of Guilford Court House]]''' inside present-day [[Greensboro, North Carolina]].
|unreferenced section
|-
| [[1820]] – As part of the [[Missouri Compromise]], the [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] of [[Massachusetts]] known as '''[[Maine]]'''<!-- ''(map pictured)''--> was given its own U.S. statehood.
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1877]] – [[Cricket]]ers representing [[England cricket team|England]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] began the '''[[History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883|first match]]''' in [[Test cricket]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia.
| needs more footnotes, [[English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876–77]]: refimprove
|-
| [[1906]] – [[Charles Rolls]] and [[Henry Royce]] founded the British automobile manufacturing company '''[[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]]'''.
|unreferenced section
|-
| [[1939]] – Nazi German troops began their '''[[German occupation of Czechoslovakia|occupation of Czechoslovakia]]''' and established the '''[[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]]'''.
|both: refimprove
|-
| [[1941]] – '''[[Philippine Airlines]]''', the [[flag carrier]] of the Philippines took its first flight, making it the oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
| unreferenced section
|-
| [[1945]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Soviet Red Army]] began the '''[[Upper Silesian Offensive]]''' aimed at capturing the industrial and raw materials resources located in [[Upper Silesia]].
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1956]] – The [[musical theatre|musical]] '''''[[My Fair Lady]]''''', based on [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'', debuted at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] in New York City.
| lots of CN tags
|-
| [[1985]] – The company [[Symbolics]] became the first entity, individual or party to register a '''[[.com]]''' [[top-level domain|top-level domain name]]: ''symbolics.com''.
| refimprove section
|-
| [[1986]] – The building housing the '''[[Collapse of Hotel New World|Hotel New World]]''' in Singapore collapsed suddenly due to [[structural failure]], killing 33 people.
| multiple issues
|-
| [[1989]] – The '''[[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]]''', a government-run military veteran benefit system, was established as a [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet-level position]].
| refimprove
|-
| '''[[Paul Pogba]]''' (b. 1993)
| expansion
|}
==Eligible==
* [[44 BC]] – Dictator [[Julius Caesar]] of the [[Roman Republic]] '''[[Assassination of Julius Caesar|was stabbed to death]]''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger|Marcus Junius Brutus]] and several other [[Roman Senate|Roman senators]].
* [[856]] – Byzantine emperor '''[[Michael III]]''' overthrew the regency of his mother [[Theodora (wife of Theophilos)|Theodora]] to assume power for himself.
* [[1311]] – The [[Catalan Company]] defeated [[Walter V, Count of Brienne]] in the '''[[Battle of Halmyros]]''' and took control of the [[Duchy of Athens]], a [[Crusader states|Crusader state]] in Greece.
* [[1875]] – [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|Archbishop of New York]] '''[[John McCloskey]]''' was named the first [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in the United States.
* [[1916]] – Six days after [[Pancho Villa]] and his cross-border raiders attacked [[Columbus, New Mexico]], U.S. General [[John J. Pershing]] led a '''[[Pancho Villa Expedition|punitive expedition into Mexico]]''' to pursue Villa.
* [[1917]] – Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> was forced to abdicate in the '''[[February Revolution]]''', ending three centuries of [[House of Romanov|Romanov]] rule.
* [[1921]] – '''[[Talaat Pasha]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''-->, considered the main perpetrator of the [[Armenian Genocide]], was [[Operation Nemesis|assassinated]]<!--not bold, encompasses more assassinations than Talaat--> by the [[Armenian Revolutionary Federation]].
* [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: German forces recaptured [[Kharkiv|Kharkov]] after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long '''[[Third Battle of Kharkov]]'''.
* [[1972]] – '''''[[The Godfather]]''''', a [[Mob film|gangster film]] based on the [[The Godfather (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Mario Puzo]] and directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]], was released.
* [[1990]] – Iraqi authorities hanged freelance Iranian reporter '''[[Farzad Bazoft]]''' for [[espionage|spying]] for Israel.
* Born/died: '''[[Archibald Menzies]]''' (b. 1754){{·}} '''[[Christian Michelsen]]''' (b. 1857){{·}} '''[[Matthew Charlton]]''' (b. 1866){{·}} '''[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]''' (b. 1933){{·}} '''[[Arthur Compton]]''' (d. 1962)
==Notes==
* [[FC Bayern Munich]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 27|February 27]], so Liverpool FC should not appear in the same year
* [[Missouri Compromise]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/March 3|March 3]], so Maine should not appear in the same year
{{divhide|end}}
</noinclude>
'''[[March 15]]''': '''[[Ides of March]]'''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-otd-img">
{{main page image|File:Boat Race 2015 - Women's Main Race (01).jpg|2015 Women's Boat Race|width=180}}
</div>
* [[1147]] – Portuguese troops under the leadership of [[Afonso I of Portugal|{{nowrap|Afonso I}}]] '''[[Conquest of Santarém|captured]]''' the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] city of [[Santarém, Portugal|Santarém]].
* [[1783]] – A '''[[Newburgh Conspiracy|potential uprising]]''' in [[Newburgh, New York]], was defused when [[George Washington]] asked [[Continental Army]] officers to support the supremacy of [[United States Congress|Congress]].
* [[1927]] – In rowing, [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] defeated [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] in the [[Women's Boat Race 1927|first]]<!--not bold, short--> '''[[Women's Boat Race]]''' ''([[The Boat Races 2015|2015 edition]] pictured)'' held in Oxford, England.
* [[1951]] – The Iranian oil industry '''[[Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry|was nationalized]]''' in a movement led by [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]].
* [[2011]] – [[Arab Spring]]: Protests [[Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War|erupted across Syria]] against the authoritarian government, marking the start of the '''[[Syrian Civil War]]'''.
'''[[Albert of Schwarzburg]]''' (d. 1327){{·}} '''[[Johan Vaaler]]''' (b. 1866){{·}} '''[[Lauren Ebsary]]''' (b. 1983)
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