March 17
1040 Harold Harefoot, King of England, died.
1776 British forces evacuated Boston, Massachusetts, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox placed artillery in positions overlooking the city.
1804 Jim Bridger, American trapper and explorer, was born.
1853 Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician, died.
1861 The Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) was proclaimed.
1919 Nat King Cole, American musician & singer, was born.
March 18
1314 Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was burned at the stake.
1776 The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act (American Revolution).
1834 Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England were sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union (Tolpuddle Martyrs)
1858 Rudolf Diesel, German thermal engineer & inventor, was born.
1931 Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.
1965 The first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 capsule and remained outside the spacecraft for 12 minutes, secured by a tether.
1968 The U.S. Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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