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On March 28, 37: Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.

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Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.

AD 37 (XXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Pontius. The denomination AD 37 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Born on March 28

Anna Shcherbakova 2004– Russian figure skater (born 2004)
Wang Xiyu 2001– Chinese tennis player (born 2001)
Lance Morris 1998– Australian cricketer (born 1998)
Matt Renshaw 1996– Australian cricketer (born 1996)
Max Strus 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
Jonathan Drouin 1995– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Will Smith 1995– American baseball player (born 1995)
Jackson Wang 1994– Hong Kong rapper (born 1994)
Sergi Gómez 1992– Spanish footballer
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Derek Carr 1991– American football player (born 1991)
Jordan McRae 1991– American basketball player (born 1991)
Lisa-Maria Moser 1991– Austrian tennis player (born 1991)
Marie-Philip Poulin 1991– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Ondřej Palát 1991– Czech ice hockey player (born 1991)
Christian Walker 1991– American baseball player (born 1991)
Hoya 1991– South Korean singer, actor, and dancer (born 1991)
Delroy Edwards 1990– American electronic music producer
Laura Harrier 1990– American actress and model (born 1990)

People

Died on March 28

Marinella Greek singer (1938–2026)
Mary Beth Hurt American actress (1946–2026)
Liamine Zéroual President of Algeria from 1994 to 1999
Larry Lloyd English footballer (1948–2024)
Mark Spiro American songwriter (1957–2024)
Paul O'Grady British comedian, actor and television presenter (1955–2023)
Ryuichi Sakamoto Japanese composer (1952–2023)
Didier Ratsiraka President of Madagascar from 1975 to 1993 and 1997 to 2002
Joseph Edward Duncan American convicted serial killer and child molester (1963–2021)
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James Noble American actor (1922–2016)
Chuck Brayton American baseball player and coach (1925–2015)
Joseph Cassidy Canadian-born priest, theologian and academic
Miroslav Ondříček Czech cinematographer
Gene Saks American film director
Jeremiah Denton US Navy admiral and politician (1924–2014)
Lorenzo Semple American writer (1923–2014)
George E. P. Box British statistician
Richard Griffiths English actor (1947–2013)

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Every March 28 on record

  1. 37 Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.

    Calendar year

    AD 37 (XXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Pontius. The denomination AD 37 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 193 After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.

    Willful killing of a prominent person

    Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden or secret attack, of a person—especially a prominent or important one—typically for political or ideological reasons. Assassinations may be ordered by both individuals and organizations and carried out by their accomplices. Acts of assassination have been performed since ancient times.

  3. 364 Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

    Roman emperor from 364 to 375

    Valentinian I, sometimes known as Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375. He is the second-last emperor to govern the empire as a whole, albeit he only did so from February 26th to March 28th of 364, after which he appointed Valens to rule over the Eastern half the empire, while he remained in control of the West. During his reign, he fought successfully against the Alamanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians, strengthening the border fortifications and conducting campaigns across the Rhine and Danube.

  4. 1065 The Great German Pilgrimage, which had been under attack by Bedouin bandits for three days, is rescued by the Fatimid governor of Ramla.

    Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

    The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–1065 was a large pilgrimage to Jerusalem which took place a generation before the First Crusade.

  5. 1566 The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

    Capital of Malta

    Valletta, also known as Città Umilissima, is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council areas. Located between the Grand Harbour to the east and Marsamxett Harbour to the west, its population as of 2021 was 5,157. As Malta's capital city, it is a commercial centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life.

  6. 1745 War of the Austrian Succession: In the Battle of Vilshofen, Austrian forces defeat French forces.
  7. 1776 Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
  8. 1795 Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
  9. 1801 Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
  10. 1802 Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
  11. 1809 Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
  12. 1814 War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.
  13. 1842 First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
  14. 1854 Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
  15. 1860 First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
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  1. 1862 American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
  2. 1910 Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from water runway Étang le Barre, near Marseille.
  3. 1918 General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector. Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".
  4. 1918 Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.
  5. 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
  6. 1933 The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
  7. 1939 Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
  8. 1941 World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.
  9. 1942 World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
  10. 1946 Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
  11. 1959 The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
  12. 1961 ČSA Flight 511 crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, killing 52.
  13. 1963 Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conduct a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.
  14. 1965 An Mw  7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.
  15. 1968 Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.

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