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Events on 15 March 46

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Year 220

Cao Cao, Chinese warlord and penultimate Chancellor of the Han dynasty passes away.

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Year 280

Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan which began the Jin dynasty.

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Year 351

Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.

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Year 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.

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Year 856

Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility.

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Year 933

After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.

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Year 1147

Conquest of Santarém: The forces of Afonso I of Portugal capture Santarém.

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Year 1311

Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.

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Year 1493

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

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Year 1564

Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya" (per capita tax).

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3

🇭🇺 Hungary · National Day

🇵🇼 Palau · Youth Day

🇸🇪 Sweden · Sunday

Birthdays on 15 March 206

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Saint Nicholas

b. 270 – d. 343

Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (d. 343)

Fujiwara no Tadamichi

b. 1097

Fujiwara no Tadamichi, Japanese noble (died 1164)

Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant

b. 1275 – d. 1333

Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant (d. 1333)

Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden

b. 1407 – d. 1453

Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1453)

Francesco Gonzaga (1444-1483)

b. 1444 – d. 1483

Francesco Gonzaga, Catholic cardinal (d. 1483)

Anne de Montmorency

b. 1493 – d. 1567

Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (d. 1567)

Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg

b. 1513 – d. 1573

Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1573)

Daniel Featley

b. 1582 – d. 1645

Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (d. 1645)

Deodat del Monte

b. 1582 – d. 1644

Deodat del Monte, Flemish painter and architect (d. 1644)

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Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

b. 1584 – d. 1663

Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (d. 1663)

Alexandre de Rhodes

b. 1591 – d. 1660

Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (d. 1660)

Jan Fyt

b. 1611 – d. 1661

Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (d. 1661)

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Deaths on 15 March 94

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Cao Cao

d. 220 (b. 155)

Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesman (b. 155)

Odoacer

d. 493 (b. 433)

Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (b. 433)

Pope Zachary

d. 752

Pope Zachary

Romanos II

d. 963 (b. 938)

Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (b. 938)

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Richilde, Countess of Hainaut

d. 1086

Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, Flemish consort and regent (b. c. 1018)

Ernulf

d. 1124

Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester (b. c. 1040)

Isabella of Hainault

d. 1190 (b. 1170)

Isabella of Hainault (d. 1190)

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Walter V, Count of Brienne

d. 1311 (b. 1275)

Walter V, Count of Brienne (b. 1275)

Thomas III d'Autremencourt

d. 1311

Thomas III d'Autremencourt, Lord of Salona, Marshal of Achaea

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Albert Pallavicini

d. 1311

Albert Pallavicini, Margrave of Bodonitza

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George I Ghisi

d. 1311

George I Ghisi, Triarch of Euboea, Baron of Chalandritsa, Lord of Tinos, Mykonos, Serifos and Keos

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Albert of Schwarzburg

d. 1327

Albert of Schwarzburg

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