SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2017

Today is Monday, March 20, the 79th day of 2017. There are 286 days left in the year.

1602 ― United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms

1616 ― Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana

1627 ― France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism

1697 ― Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"

1760 ― Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings

1800 ― French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo

1814 ― Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands

1815 ― Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule

1816 ― US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions

1833 ― US & Siam conclude commercial treaty

1848 ― King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez