On this day: 03/01/69
The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
On this day: 03/01/250
Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.
On this day: 03/01/1521
Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
On this day: 03/01/1653
By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
On this day: 03/01/1749
Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
On this day: 03/01/1749
The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
On this day: 03/01/1777
American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
On this day: 03/01/1815
Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
On this day: 03/01/1833
Captain James Onslow, in the Clio, reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
On this day: 03/01/1848
Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.