facts_by_date 1.0.0

data/data/3/16.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"597 BC",
+            "text":"Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1079",
+            "text":"Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1190",
+            "text":"York Progrom: Jews living in York, England, besieged in Clifford's Tower and massacred or commit sucide rather than submit to baptism"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1249",
+            "text":"The Servite Order is officially approved by Cardinal Raniero Capocci, papal legate in Tuscany."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1322",
+            "text":"The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in the First War of Scottish Independence."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1345",
+            "text":"Holy spirit glides above fire: \"the miracle of Amsterdam\" (legend)"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1517",
+            "text":"Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1527",
+            "text":"Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1621",
+            "text":"Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1641",
+            "text":"General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1660",
+            "text":"English Long Parliament disbands"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1689",
+            "text":"The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1690",
+            "text":"French King Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1730",
+            "text":"Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/3/17.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"45 BC",
+            "text":"In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"432",
+            "text":"St Patrick aged 16 is carried off to Ireland as a slave (traditional date)"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"455",
+            "text":"Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1190",
+            "text":"Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1337",
+            "text":"Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy made in England."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1521",
+            "text":"Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1526",
+            "text":"French King Francois I freed from Spain"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1537",
+            "text":"French troops invade Flanders"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1580",
+            "text":"Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1658",
+            "text":"Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1672",
+            "text":"England declares war on Netherlands"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1722",
+            "text":"Willem KH Friso appointed mayor of Drente"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1753",
+            "text":"1st official St Patrick's Day"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1755",
+            "text":"Transylvania Land Company buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/3/18.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"37",
+            "text":"The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots)emperor."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"417",
+            "text":"St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"731",
+            "text":"St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1123",
+            "text":"1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1167",
+            "text":"Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1184",
+            "text":"Battle of Ichi-no-Tani near Kobe, Japan"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1190",
+            "text":"Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmunds, England"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1229",
+            "text":"Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II crowns himself King of Jerusalem"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1241",
+            "text":"Kraków is ravaged by Mongols."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1314",
+            "text":"Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1325",
+            "text":"According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date. The event is depicted on the Mexican coat of arms."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1438",
+            "text":"Albrecht II of Habsburg becomes king of Germany"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1509",
+            "text":"Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1532",
+            "text":"English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/3/19.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1227",
+            "text":"Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1279",
+            "text":"A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1452",
+            "text":"Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Nicholas V in Rome"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1524",
+            "text":"Giovanni de Varrazano, a Florentine explorer in the service of King Francis I of Frances, lands around area of Carolinas"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1540",
+            "text":"Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a \"heretic\""
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1563",
+            "text":"Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1571",
+            "text":"Spanish troops occupy Manila"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1628",
+            "text":"Massachusetts Bay Colony granted land by England"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1644",
+            "text":"200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1682",
+            "text":"Nationally Council accept independence of French church"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1687",
+            "text":"Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1702",
+            "text":"James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1748",
+            "text":"Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize north American colonies"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1775",
+            "text":"4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1775",
+            "text":"Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"19",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1799",
+            "text":"Joseph Haydn's \"Die Schopfung\" premieres in Vienna"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/3/2.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"986",
+            "text":"Louis V becomes King of the Franks."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1121",
+            "text":"Dirk VI becomes count of Holland"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1127",
+            "text":"Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1458",
+            "text":"Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1498",
+            "text":"Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1629",
+            "text":"English King Charles I dissolves Parliament against opposition, imprisoning 9 members of parliament"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1675",
+            "text":"Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1717",
+            "text":"The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1776",
+            "text":"Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1789",
+            "text":"Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1791",
+            "text":"Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1799",
+            "text":"Congress standardizes US weights & measures"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1807",
+            "text":"Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1808",
+            "text":"The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"2",
+            "month":"3",
+            "year":"1815",
+            "text":"Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King."
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]