March 20 in History
20 March in History – 103 years ago
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on 20 March 1956
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ends
2011
Gaddafi’s attack on Benghazi repelled with French air support
1956
Tunisia gains independence from France
ends
1946
US government inters Japanese Americans
ends
1941
British reconquer British Somaliland
starts
1937
Turks massacre Kurds in Dersim region
1920
Denikin resigns
1912
French protectorate over Morocco
1894
Donghak peasants revolt in southwest Korea
1890
Kaiser Wilhelm II dismisses Otto von Bismarck as German chancellor
starts
1852
Herzegovinians in revolt against Ottoman rule*
starts
1850
Erfurt Union Parliament attempts to unite Germany under Prussia
starts
1848
Parma and Piacenza expel Duke Charles II
1815
Napoleon arrives in Paris, restoring French Empire
ends
1815
Napoleon marches on Paris
starts
1814
Allies overwhelm French at Arcis-sur-Aube
1809
French defeat Portuguese at Braga
ends
415
Under pressure from Constantius, Goths withdraw to Hispaniae*
ends
402
Alaric besieges Mediolanum until Stilicho arrives*
starts
235
Attempts to depose Maximinus Thrax foiled*
ends
119
Roxolani and Iazyges attack Dacia and Moesia*
starts
68
Vindex revolts against Nero in Gaul*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 20 March for purposes of Omniatlas
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