This Day in History
Today: March 7, 2026
161
Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.[1]
1138
Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin.[2]
1277
The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses.
1573
A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands.
1799
Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
1814
Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
1827
Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
1827
Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
1850
Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
1862
American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Battle of Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
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