On this day

March 19: Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity); Mothering Sunday (Western Christianity, 2023)

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1563 – The Edict of Amboise was signed, ending the first war in the French Wars of Religion and inaugurating a period of official peace that lasted until 1567.

1808 – King Charles IV of Spain was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Ferdinand VII as a result of the Tumult of Aranjuez.

1962 – Influential American musician Bob Dylan released his eponymous debut album, mainly comprising traditional folk, blues and gospel songs.

1979 – The American cable television network #C-SPAN, covering government proceedings and public-affairs programming, was launched.

2008 – The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B (artist's impression pictured), the farthest object that could be seen by the naked eye, was observed.

#Francis B. Spinola (b. 1821)Anna Held(b. 1872)Kym Bonython (d. 2011)
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