Today is Thursday, March 31, the 92nd day of 2016. There are 274 days left in the year.
1504 — France & Spain signs ceasefire
1667 — France and England sign anti-Dutch military accord
1745 — Jews are expelled from Prague
1796 — Johann Wolfgang von Goethes “Egmont” premieres in Weimar
1808 — French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1814 — Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris France
1841 — First performance of Robert Schumann’s first symphony
1861 — Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans
1868 — Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China