Israel northern Kingdom capital city of Samaria falls to the Assyrians in 722 BCE after a three-year siege by the Assyrian Empire, Initiated by Shalmaneser V and completed by Sargon II, The conquest resulted in the deportation of thousands of Israelites to Media and Mesopotamia, effectively ending the northern kingdom. Samaria was later rebuilt by Herod the Great as Sebaste.
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On This Day in History: March 10
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Alfonso VII becomes the King of Galicia, Leon, and Castile on March 10, 1126. Following the death of his mother, Queen Urraca, He began to consolidate power over the territories which had been under the influence of his stepfather, Alfonso I of Aragon.
Alfonso VII had been crowned and anointed King of Galicia when he was a six year old child in 1111 at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela .The ceremony was orchestrated by Diego Gelmírez, the Bishop of Compostela, and the Count of Traba to secure his position against his mother, Queen Urraca, who ruled the united throne of León-Castile-Galicia.
He was crowned Emperor of Spain at the Cathedral of Leon on May 26, 1135. When he died in 1157, the Kingdom of Leon was inheritetd by his son Fernando II of León and the Kingdom of Castille was inherited by his oldest son Sancho III de Castilla..
Third Crusade: Crusaders massacre the Jewish population of York, England.
The Battle of Burton Bridge takes place during the Despenser War in England between Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and his cousin King Edward II of England during the Despenser War, from 7 to 10 March 1322. Lancaster attempted to scape but was eventually captured at the battle of Boroughbridge on March 16, 1322 and later executed on the King's orders.
Lancaster's defeat temporarily removed the threat to Edward's rule, but the King's unpopularity with his barons led to his forced abdication to the throne in favor of his son Edward III.
Battle of Nájera: English forces under Edward the Black Prince defeat a Franco-Castilian army during the Hundred Years' War.
Duke Charles of Habsburg becomes Charles I of Spain.
The Galapagos Islands are discovered by chance on March 10, 1535 when the ship carrying the Bishop of Panama, Dominican friar Fray Tomas de Berlanga was dragged to the Galapagos by a combination of calm and strong currents. Berlanga was on his way to Peru by order of the Spanish monarch, Charles V, to arbitrate in a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and his subordinates after the conquest of the Inca empire.
The Council of Trent reconvenes, addressing the Church's need for reform.
Thomas Cranmer, former Archbishop of Canterbury, is executed for treason under Mary I of England.
Charles I dissolves the English Parliament on March 10, 1629, initiating the period known as the Eleven Years' Tyranny. His decision was in pursuit of absolute monarchy and a break from parliamentary governance and consent.
Treaty of Belgrade: Austria cedes Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
The Battle of Fort Prince George: British forces defeat the French during King George's War.
President Abraham Lincoln promotes Ulysses S. Grant, to lieutenant-general and assigns him to the command of the Armies of the United States. He relieved General-in-Chief Henry Halleck.
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first transmission of intelligible speech over electrical wires . He called out to his assistant Thomas Watson, “Mr. Watson, come here! I want to see you.” This transmission took place in their attic laboratory located in a near here at 5 Exeter Place. Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first words by telephone, to his assistant in another room. Bell had received his patent for for the telephone, three days earlier on 7 March 1876. More
China becomes a republic after the abdication of the last Emperor, Puyi.
British India arrests Mohandas Gandhi in Bombay for organizing resistance against British rule on March 10, 1922, for sedition due to his writings advocating non-cooperation, leading to a six-year prison sentence although he served two.
He faced repeated arrests for defying British rule through nonviolent civil disobedience, like the Salt March, inspiring widespread movements for India's independence.
Tibetans begin their revolt in Lhasa on March 10, 1959 against the Chinese government which had invaded Tibet in1950. Chinese troops launched a counter-offensive against the Tibetans, capturing Lhasa and resulting in the deaths of some 2,000 Tibetan rebels.
The Chinese government dissolved the Tibetan government headed by the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama assumed control of the Tibetan government on The Chinese government officially dissolved the Lhasa-based Tibetan government, known as the Kashag, on March 28, 1959, following the Tibetan uprising and the 14th Dalai Lama's escape to India with some 80 supporters . Some 87,000 Tibetans and 2,000 Chinese government troops were killed, and some 100,000 Tibetans fled as refugees to India, Nepal, and Bhutan during the conflict.
James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the first-degree murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on March 10, 1969, in a Memphis, Tennessee court, on advise from his attorney to avoid a potential death sentence by electric chair. He was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He quickly recanted his confession, spending the rest of his life claiming he was framed and seeking a new trial.
A rare planetary alignment occurred on March 10, 1982, generating significant public interest and anxiety, due to predictions in the book "The Jupiter Effect", claiming the combined gravitational pull would have catastrophic effects on earth. The planetary alignment was a loose grouping rather than a tight lineup. with negligible effect.
The book , "The Jupiter Effect", by John Gribbin and Stephen Plagemann suggested that the alignment of all nine planets on one side of the Sun would create a significant gravitational pull, causing the combined gravitational pull would trigger catastrophic earthquakes, solar flares, and global disasters. However it proved to be harmless, a lesson in distinguishing scientific possibility from sensationalized prediction.
The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaked at 5,048.62 on March 10, 2000, during the dot-com bubble.