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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_17" title="March 17">March 17</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary_of_the_Unification_of_Italy" title="Anniversary of the Unification of Italy">Anniversary of the Unification of Italy</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1337" title="1337">1337</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Black_Prince" title="Edward the Black Prince">Edward the Black Prince</a></b> was created <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall" title="Duke of Cornwall">Duke of Cornwall</a>, the first English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy" title="Duchy">dukedom</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1677" title="1677">1677</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Dutch_War" title="Franco-Dutch War">Franco-Dutch War</a>: France <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Valenciennes_(1676%E2%80%931677)" title="Siege of Valenciennes (1676–1677)">captured</a></b> the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenciennes" title="Valenciennes">Valenciennes</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Netherlands" title="Spanish Netherlands">Spanish Netherlands</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Grosvenor,_2nd_Duke_of_Westminster" title="Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster">Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Hakeim_rescue" title="Bir Hakeim rescue">led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war</a></b> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Hakeim" title="Bir Hakeim">Bir Hakeim</a>, killing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senusiyya" title="Senusiyya">Senussi</a> guards and their families.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a>: The first mass killings of Jews began at <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belzec_extermination_camp" title="Belzec extermination camp">Belzec extermination camp</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Government" title="General Government">occupied Poland</a>, the first of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Reinhard" title="Operation Reinhard">Operation Reinhard</a></b> camps to begin operation.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – An eruption of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Agung" title="Mount Agung">Mount Agung</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_of_Nivelles" title="Gertrude of Nivelles">Gertrude of Nivelles</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 659); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rudolf_Hess" title="Walter Rudolf Hess">Walter Rudolf Hess</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1881); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Muncie" title="Chuck Muncie">Chuck Muncie</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1953)</p>