March 31 in History

ends   1995

US occupies Haiti, restoring democracy

starts   1995

UN Mission in Haiti

ends   1984

US-led peacekeeping force in Beirut

  1949

Newfoundland joins Canada

  1948

US provides financial aid to help rebuild Western Europe

ends   1948

Baluch states accede to Pakistan

ends   1943

British break through Mareth Line

ends   1943

Soviets retake Rzhev salient

starts   1942

Japanese raid Colombo & British shipping in Indian Ocean

starts   1941

First German offensive in Western Desert under Rommel

  1940

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic established

ends   1939

Hungary defeats Slovakia in border war

starts   1917

Barue revolt against Portuguese rule in Mozambique

ends   1913

Ottomans withdraw from the Tibesti*

  1905

German Kaiser visits Morocco, challenging France

ends   1878

Germany confronts Nicaragua

  1866

Spain bombards Valparaiso

ends   1859

First Siege of Veracruz

  1854

Japan signs treaty with US, opening itself to trade

starts   1848

German pre-parliament meets in Frankfurt

ends   1846

Peasants revolt against Polish nobles in Galicia

ends   1814

Allies capture Paris

ends   1813

Russia and Prussia overrun Saxony

ends   402

Alaric unsuccessfully besieges Asti*

ends   275

Aurelian defeats Germanic attack on Raetia*

ends   262

“Five peoples” threaten Roman Africa*

starts   254

Marcomanni raid as far as Ravenna*

  194

Severus decisively defeats Niger at Issus

ends   61

Nero backs Roman exploration of Nile*