Strata: In History

BAR takes a look back at some important events in history that happened during the months of March and April.

March 7, 383 A.D. Emperor Constantine declares “Sunday” a day of rest.

March 11, 1425 B.C. Death of Egyptian pharaoh Tuthmose III.

March 12, 515 B.C. Construction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem is completed.

March 18, 3952 B.C. The first day of Creation, according to the Venerable Bede.

March 20, 43 B.C. Birth of the poet Ovid.

April 2, 1453 A.D. Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman empire begins his two-month siege of Constantinople.

April 6, 648 B.C. The earliest eclipse (by one reckoning) recorded by the Greeks.

April 18, 1506 A.D. The cornerstone of St. Peter’s Basilica is laid in Rome.

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