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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day_of_the_Latvian_Legionnaires" title="Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires">Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/590s_BC" title="590s BC">597 BC</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylonian</a> king <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II" title="Nebuchadnezzar II">Nebuchadnezzar II</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(597_BC)" title="Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC)">captured Jerusalem</a></b> and installed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zedekiah" title="Zedekiah">Zedekiah</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">King of Judah</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1190" title="1190">1190</a> – Around 150 Jews died inside <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Castle" title="York Castle">York Castle</a></b>, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1322" title="1322">1322</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despenser_War" title="Despenser War">Despenser War</a>: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas,_2nd_Earl_of_Lancaster" title="Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster">Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster</a>, in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Boroughbridge" title="Battle of Boroughbridge">Battle of Boroughbridge</a></b>, which allowed King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_England" title="Edward II of England">Edward II of England</a> to hold on to power for another five years.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a> – In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_FA_Cup_final" title="1872 FA Cup final">the inaugural final</a></b> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderers_F.C." title="Wanderers F.C.">Wanderers</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Engineers_A.F.C." title="Royal Engineers A.F.C.">Royal Engineers</a> <span class="nowrap">10</span> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oval" title="The Oval">The Oval</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennington" title="Kennington">Kennington</a>, London.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shijiazhuang_bombings" title="Shijiazhuang bombings">A series of bomb blasts</a></b> in the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shijiazhuang" title="Shijiazhuang">Shijiazhuang</a>, China, killed 108 people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Br%C3%A9beuf" title="Jean de Brébeuf">Jean de Brébeuf</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1649); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Atkins" title="Anna Atkins">Anna Atkins</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1799); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjural_Islam_Rana" title="Manjural Islam Rana">Manjural Islam Rana</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2007)</p>