Editing March 23 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1400]] &ndash; The [[Trần dynasty]] of [[Vietnam]] is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by [[Hồ Quý Ly]], a court official.
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Waltham Abbey Church|Waltham Abbey]] is surrendered to King [[Henry VIII of England]]; the last religious community to be closed during the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heale |first1=Martin |title=The Abbots and Priors of Late Medieval and Reformation England |year=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-870253-5 |page=323 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgbnDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA323 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1568]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Longjumeau]] is signed, ending the second phase of the [[French Wars of Religion]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his speech &ndash; "[[Give me liberty or give me death!]]" &ndash; at [[St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia]].
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Tsar]] [[Paul I of Russia]] is struck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at [[St. Michael's Castle]].
*[[1806]] &ndash; After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers [[Lewis and Clark]] and their [[Corps of Discovery]] begin their arduous journey home.
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: Battle and fall of city of [[Kalamata]].
*[[1839]] &ndash; A [[1839 Ava earthquake|massive earthquake]] destroys the former capital [[Inwa]] of the [[Konbaung dynasty]], present-day [[Myanmar]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=2003|title=Some Documents of Tharrawaddy's Reign: 1837-1846, Part I|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxpbmRpYXF1YWtlMnxneDozYjAzYWY4ZDNmYzAzNGY0|journal=SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research|volume=1}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; The ship ''[[John Wickliffe (ship)|John Wickliffe]]'' arrives at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish settlers for [[Dunedin]], New Zealand. [[Otago]] province is founded.
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Elisha Otis]]'s first [[elevator]] is installed at 488 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] New York City.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[First Battle of Kernstown]], Virginia, marks the start of [[Stonewall Jackson]]'s [[Jackson's Valley Campaign|Valley Campaign]]. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
*[[1868]] &ndash; The [[University of California]] is founded in [[Oakland, California]] when the [[Organic Act]] is signed into law.
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[War of the Pacific]]: The [[Battle of Topáter]], the first battle of the war is fought between [[Chile]] and the joint forces of [[Bolivia]] and [[Peru]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Sino-French War]]: Chinese victory in the [[Battle of Phu Lam Tao]] near Hưng Hóa, northern [[Vietnam]].
*[[1888]] &ndash; In England, [[English Football League|The Football League]], the world's oldest professional [[association football]] league, meets for the first time.
*[[1889]] &ndash; The [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslim Community is established by [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] in [[Qadian|Qadian, British India]].

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Emilio Aguinaldo]], only President of the [[First Philippine Republic]], is captured at [[Palanan, Isabela]] by the forces of American General [[Frederick Funston]].
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] calls for [[Crete]]'s union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the [[Theriso revolt]].
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Theodore Roosevelt]] leaves New York for a post-[[presidency]] [[Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition|safari]] in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and [[National Geographic Society]].
*[[1913]] &ndash; A [[Tornado outbreak sequence of March 1913|tornado outbreak]] kills more than 240 people in the central United States, while an ongoing [[Great Flood of 1913|flood]] in the Ohio River watershed was killing 650 people.<ref>{{cite book | last=Williams | first=Geoffrey | title=Washed away : how the Great Flood of 1913, America's most widespread natural disaster, terrorized a nation and changed it forever | publisher=Pegasus Books | location=New York | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-60598-404-9 | oclc=785079140 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/washedawayhowgre0000will }}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[First World War]]: On the third day of the German [[Operation Michael|Spring Offensive]], the 10th Battalion of the [[Royal West Kent Regiment]] is annihilated with many of the men becoming [[prisoners of war]]
*[[1919]] &ndash; In [[Milan]], Italy, [[Benito Mussolini]] founds his [[Italian Fascism|Fascist]] political movement.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lightbody |first1=Bradley |title=The Second World War: Ambitions to Nemesis |date=31 July 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-59272-2 |page=274 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-WAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA274 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Bhagat Singh]], [[Shivaram Rajguru]] and [[Sukhdev Thapar]] are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the [[Indian independence movement]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; The ''[[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]]'' passes the [[Enabling Act of 1933]], making [[Adolf Hitler]] dictator of Germany.
*[[1935]] &ndash; Signing of the [[Constitution of the Philippines#Commonwealth and Third Republic|Constitution]] of the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]].
*[[1939]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)|Hungarian]] air force attacks the headquarters of the [[Slovak Air Force (1939–1945)|Slovak air force]] in [[Spišská Nová Ves]], killing 13 people and beginning the [[Slovak–Hungarian War]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; The [[Lahore Resolution]] (''Qarardad-e-Pakistan'' or ''Qarardad-e-Lahore'') is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the [[All-India Muslim League]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Pakistan]] becomes the first [[Islamic republic]] in the world. This date is now celebrated as [[Republic Day#March 23rd in Pakistan|Republic Day]] in Pakistan.
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[NASA]] launches [[Gemini 3]], the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: [[Gus Grissom]] and [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]]).
*[[1977]] &ndash; The first of [[The Nixon Interviews]] (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist [[David Frost]] interviewing former United States President [[Richard Nixon]] about the [[Watergate scandal]] and the [[Nixon tapes]].
*[[1978]] &ndash; The first [[UNIFIL]] troops arrived in [[Lebanon]] for [[Timeline of UN peacekeeping missions|peacekeeping mission]] along the [[Blue Line (Lebanon)|Blue Line]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; Archbishop [[Óscar Romero]] of [[El Salvador]] gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Guatemala]]'s government, headed by [[Fernando Romeo Lucas García]] is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General [[Efraín Ríos Montt]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Strategic Defense Initiative]]: President [[Ronald Reagan]] makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
*[[1988]] &ndash; Angolan and Cuban forces defeat South Africa in the [[Battle of Cuito Cuanavale]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Southern Africa Liberation Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Angola |url=https://publicholidays.africa/angola/southern-africa-liberation-day/ |website=PublicHolidays.africa |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[Revolutionary United Front]], with support from the special forces of [[Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)|Charles Taylor]]'s [[National Patriotic Front of Liberia]], invades [[Sierra Leone]] in an attempt to overthrow [[Joseph Saidu Momoh]], sparking the 11-year [[Sierra Leone Civil War]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; At an election rally in [[Tijuana]], Mexican presidential candidate [[Luis Donaldo Colosio]] is assassinated by [[Mario Aburto Martínez]].
*  1994   &ndash; A United States Air Force (USAF) [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] aircraft collides with a USAF [[C-130 Hercules|C-130]] at [[Pope Air Force Base]] and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground alongside destroying a [[Lockheed C-141 Starlifter|Starlifter]] by accident. This later became known as the [[Green Ramp disaster]].
*  1994   &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 593]] crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, [[Kemerovo Oblast]], [[Russia]], killing 75.
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Taiwan]] holds its [[1996 Taiwanese presidential election|first direct elections]] and chooses [[Lee Teng-hui]] as [[President of the Republic of China|President]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; Gunmen assassinate [[Paraguay]]'s [[Vice President of Paraguay|Vice President]] [[Luis María Argaña]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; The Russian ''[[Mir]]'' space station is [[Deorbit of Mir|disposed of]], breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near [[Fiji]].
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Battle of Nasiriyah]], first major conflict during the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; Official opening of [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport]] in [[Hyderabad]], India 
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[FedEx Express Flight 80]]: A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-11]] flying from [[Guangzhou]], China crashes at Tokyo's [[Narita International Airport]], killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[Affordable Care Act]] becomes law in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Obama Signs Health Care Overhaul Bill, With a Flourish |first1=Sheryl |last1=Stolberg |first2=Robert |last2=Pear |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/health/policy/24health.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 23, 2010 |access-date=March 24, 2010}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) reports cases of [[Ebola]] in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-17 |title=2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa {{!}} History {{!}} Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) {{!}} CDC |url=https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/history/2014-2016-outbreak/index.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.cdc.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[President of Peru]] [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] resigns from the presidency amid a [[Operation Car Wash|mass corruption scandal]] before certain [[impeachment]] by the [[Parliamentary opposition|opposition]]-majority [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress of Peru]].
*[[2019]] &ndash; The [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] capital of Astana was renamed to [[Nur-Sultan]].
*  2019   &ndash; The US-backed ''Syrian Democratic Forces'' [[Battle of Baghuz Fawqani|capture]] the town of [[Baghuz]] in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/isil-defeated-syria-sdf-announces-final-victory-190323061233685.html|title=ISIL defeated in final Syria victory: SDF|date=March 23, 2019|access-date=March 23, 2019|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Boris Johnson]] put the [[United Kingdom]] into its first national lockdown in response to [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020|title=Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020|website=GOV.UK|date=23 March 2020 }}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; A container ship [[2021 Suez Canal obstruction|runs aground and obstructs]] the [[Suez Canal]] for six days.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|last=Gambrell|first=Jon|date=23 March 2021|title=Massive cargo ship turns sideways, blocks Egypt's Suez Canal|publisher=[[KARE (TV)|KARE]]|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/cargo-ship-suez-canal-trapped/507-3ca6964c-3ac2-4b13-867c-38d87366ea5d|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Israel Defense Forces]] kill 15 aid workers in the [[Rafah paramedic massacre]].<ref>{{cite news |first1=Malak A. |last1=Tantesh |first2=Julian |last2=Borger |author2-link=Julian Borger |title='I heard them take their last breath': survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/03/i-heard-them-take-their-last-breath-survivor-recounts-gaza-paramedic-killings |date=3 April 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref>