March 15

What happened on March 15 in history

3 events fall on March 15, from 44 BC to 1917. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on March 15

  1. 44 BC

    Julius Caesar is assassinated

    Senators stab the dictator at a meeting near the Theatre of Pompey.

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  2. 1493

    Columbus returns to Spain

    He reaches Palos with news of lands across the Atlantic.

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  3. 1917

    Tsar Nicholas II abdicates

    Three centuries of Romanov rule end in a railway carriage at Pskov.

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