1 marzo 1692 (317 Anni)
Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba are arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
2 marzo 1797 (212 Anni)
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, also known as Horace Walpole, English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician, died.
3 marzo 1847 (162 Anni)
Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who patented the first practical telephone. was born.
3 marzo 1914 (95 Anni)
Asger Jorn, Danish painter and founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA, was born.
3 marzo 1996 (13 Anni)
Marguerite Duras, a French writer of award-winning books such as L'Amant and film director, dies.
4 marzo 1193 (816 Anni)
Saladin, Iraqi-Egyptian sultan who led the Muslim opposition to the Crusaders in the Levant, died.
4 marzo 1493 (516 Anni)
Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
4 marzo 1890 (119 Anni)
The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.
4 marzo 1916 (93 Anni)
Franz Marc, a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement and a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter, died in France.
4 marzo 1917 (92 Anni)
Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to hold national office in the United States: "I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last.".
4 marzo 1918 (91 Anni)
The USS Cyclops departs from Barbados and is never seen again, lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
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