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This is a list of selected March 15 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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March 15: National Day in Hungary; Hōnen Matsuri in Japan

1781 – American Revolutionary War: A British force under General Lord Cornwallis, numbering 1,900, fought 4,400 American troops under Rhode Island native General Nathanael Greene at the Battle of Guilford Court House inside present-day Greensboro, North Carolina.

1877 – Cricketers representing England and Australia began the first match in Test cricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (pictured) was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.

1943 – World War II: German forces recaptured Kharkov after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long Third Battle of Kharkov.

1985 – The company Symbolics became the first ever entity, individual or party to register a .com top-level domain name: symbolics.com.

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+{{*mp}} [[44 BC]] &ndash; [[Roman dictator|Dictator]] '''[[Julius Caesar]]''' of the [[Roman Republic]] [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|was stabbed to death]] by [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and several other [[Roman Senate|Roman senators]] on the [[Ides of March]].<!--Date is Roman Calandar
+{{*mp}} [[1311]] &ndash; The [[Catalan Company]] defeated [[Walter V of Brienne]] in the '''[[Battle of Halmyros]]''' and took control of the [[Duchy of Athens]], a [[Crusader states|Crusader state]] in [[Greece]].<!--Tagged with {{nofootnotes}}
+{{*mp}} [[1939]] &ndash; [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] troops began their '''[[German occupation of Czechoslovakia|occupation of Czechoslovakia]]''' and established the '''[[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]]'''.<!--Tagged with {{refimprove}}
+{{*mp}} [[1988]] &ndash; [[Iran-Iraq War|Iran–Iraq War]]: [[Iraq]]i forces '''[[Halabja poison gas attack|began attacking]]''' the [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] town of [[Halabja]] with [[Chemical warfare|chemical weapons]], killing up to 5,000 people.<!--Tagged with {{Disputed}}
 {{*mp}} [[1906]] &ndash; [[Charles Rolls]] and [[Henry Royce]] founded the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[automobile]] manufacturing company '''[[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]]'''.
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+{{*mp}} [[1781]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: A [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] force under General [[Charles Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]], numbering 1,900, fought 4,400 [[United States|American]] troops under [[Rhode Island]] native General [[Nathanael Greene]] at the '''[[Battle of Guilford Court House]]''' inside present-day [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]], [[North Carolina]].
-{{*mp}} [[44 BC]] &ndash; [[Roman dictator|Dictator]] '''[[Julius Caesar]]''' of the [[Roman Republic]] [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|was stabbed to death]] by [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and several other [[Roman Senate|Roman senators]] on the [[Ides of March]].
+{{*mp}} [[1877]] &ndash; [[Cricket]]ers representing [[England cricket team|England]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] began the '''[[History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883#The first Test<!--[[English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876–77]] article is tagged with {{refimporve}}-->|first match]]''' in [[Test cricket]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]].
-{{*mp}} [[1311]] &ndash; The [[Catalan Company]] defeated [[Walter V of Brienne]] in the '''[[Battle of Halmyros]]''' and took control of the [[Duchy of Athens]], a [[Crusader states|Crusader state]] in [[Greece]].
-{{*mp}} [[1877]] &ndash; [[Cricket]]ers representing [[England cricket team|England]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] began the '''[[History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883|first match]]''' in [[Test cricket]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]].
 {{*mp}} [[1917]] &ndash; [[Tsar]] '''[[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]]''' of [[Russian Empire|Russia]] ''(pictured)'' was forced to [[abdication|abdicate]] in the [[February Revolution]], ending three centuries of [[House of Romanov|Romanov]] rule.
-{{*mp}} [[1939]] &ndash; [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] troops began their [[Occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany|occupation of Czechoslovakia]]<!--Not bolded, tagged for cleanup--> and established the '''[[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]]'''.
+{{*mp}} [[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Nazi Germany|German]] forces recaptured [[Kharkov]] after four days of house-to-house fighting against [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops, ending the month-long '''[[Third Battle of Kharkov]]'''.
+{{*mp}} [[1985]] &ndash; The company [[Symbolics]] became the first ever entity, individual or party to register a '''[[.com]]''' [[top-level domain|top-level domain name]]: ''symbolics.com''.
-{{*mp}} [[1988]] &ndash; [[Iran-Iraq War|Iran–Iraq War]]: [[Iraq]]i forces '''[[Halabja poison gas attack|began attacking]]''' the [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] town of [[Halabja]] with [[Chemical warfare|chemical weapons]], killing up to 5,000 people.
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