TWiH: March 18-22, 2024

This week in History

Monday: on March 18, 1229

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II named himself King of Jerusalem. BItH Unit 12, Section 36: The Crusades

Tuesday: on March 19, 1813

Explorer of Africa, David Livingstone, was born. BItH Unit 18, Section 54: The Scramble for Africa

Wednesday: onMarch 20, 1345

A celestial conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars is later blamed for causing the plague. BItH Unit 14, Section 42: The Plague

Thursday: on March 21, 1960

The Sharpeville massacre in Transvaal Province, South Africa occurred. BItH Unit 24, Peoples XXIV: South Africans

Friday: on March 22, 1832

German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died. BItH Unit 28, Peoples XXVIII: Germans

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