Today is Tuesday, March 1, the 61st day of 2016. There are 305 days left in the year.
1382 — French Maillotin uprises against taxes
1780 — Pennsylvania becomes first U.S. state to abolish slavery
1781 — Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
1785 — Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized
1790 — First U.S. census authorized
1792 — U.S. Presidential Succession Act passed
1803 — Ohio becomes 17th state
1811 — French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo’s Citadel
1815 — Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law
1845 — President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas