Editing March 1 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; Writs issued in February by [[Charles I of England]] mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay [[ship tax]] by this date.
*[[1633]] &ndash; [[Samuel de Champlain]] reclaims his role as commander of [[New France]] on behalf of [[Cardinal Richelieu]].
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[Sarah Good]], [[Sarah Osborne]], and [[Tituba]] are brought before local magistrates in [[Danvers, Massachusetts|Salem Village, Massachusetts]], beginning what would become known as the [[Salem witch trials]].
*[[1781]] &ndash; The [[Articles of Confederation]] goes into effect in the United States.<ref name=MilestoneArticles>{{cite web |url= https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/Articles |title= Articles of Confederation, 1777–1781 |work= Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations |publisher= U.S. Department of State |location= Washington, D.C. |access-date= January 3, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101230164242/http://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/Articles |archive-date= December 30, 2010 |url-status= dead |postscript=none}}; {{cite book| last = Elliot| first = Jonathan| title = The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pTAMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA98| access-date = February 21, 2012| edition = 2nd| volume = 1| year = 1836| publisher = Editor on the Pennsylvania Avenue| location = Washington, D.C.| page = 98| archive-date = March 1, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210301023351/https://books.google.com/books?id=pTAMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA98| url-status = live}}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] is nationalized by the [[Batavian Republic]].
*[[1805]] &ndash; Justice [[Samuel Chase]] is acquitted at the end of [[Impeachment trial of Samuel Chase|his impeachment trial]] before the [[U.S. Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hinds|first=Asher C.|title=Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States: Including References to Provisions of the Constitution, the Laws, and Decisions of the United States Senate. Volume III|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Government Printing Office|date=1907|oclc=2176404|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ma5CAQAAMAAJ|page=771}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Mamluk#End of power in Egypt|Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed]] by [[Egypt]]ian ruler [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] returns to France from his banishment on [[Elba]].
*[[1836]] &ndash; A [[Convention of 1836|convention]] of delegates from 57 [[Texas]] communities convenes in [[Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas]], to deliberate independence from Mexico.
*[[1845]] &ndash; United States President [[John Tyler]] signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the [[Republic of Texas]].
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Nebraska]] is admitted as the 37th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; Marshal [[Francisco Solano López|F. S. López]] dies during the [[Battle of Cerro Corá]] thus marking the end of the [[Paraguayan War]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; The victorious [[Prussian Army]] parades through Paris, France, after the end of the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]] during the [[Franco-Prussian War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bismarck-stiftung.de/2020/10/05/kalenderblatt-der-sieges-einzug-in-paris-am-1-maerz-1871/ |title=Kalenderblatt: "Der Sieges-Einzug in Paris am 1. März 1871" |date=5 October 2020 |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Yellowstone National Park]] is established as the world's first [[national park]].
*[[1893]] &ndash; Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla]] gives the first public demonstration of [[radio]] in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Battle of Adwa]]: An [[Ethiopia]]n army defeats an outnumbered [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] force, ending the [[First Italo-Ethiopian War]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Pankhurst | first=Richard K.P. | author-link=Richard K. P. Pankhurst | year=1998 | title=The Ethiopians: A History | series=The Peoples of Africa Series | location=Oxford | publisher=Blackwell Publishers | isbn=0-631-22493-9 | page=190}}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[Henri Becquerel]] discovers [[radioactive decay]].