Today is Wednesday, March 23, the 84th day of 2016. There are 282 days left in the year.
1579 — Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
1593 — English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander
1630 — French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont
1708 — English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth
1775 — Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death"
1794 — Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine
1794 — Lieutenant-General Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland
1801 — Murder attempt on Czar Paul I
1806 — Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast
1808 — Napoleon’s brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain