This Day in History
Today: March 20, 2026
673
Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.
1206
Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1600
The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).[1]
1602
The Dutch East India Company is established.
1616
Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
1760
The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
1815
After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
1848
German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1854
The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
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