MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019

Today is Monday, March 25, the 84th day of 2019. There are 281 days left in the year.

1409 — Council of Pisa opens

1584 — Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert’s patent to explore North America

1634 — Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland

1647 — Cape of Good Hope; tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay

1669 — Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000

1753 — Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia

1807 — First railway passenger service began in England

1900 — U.S. Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis

1905 — Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South