Editing March 15 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1626]] &ndash; a [[dam failure]] causes the sudden [[1626 Potosí flood|flooding of the mining city of Potosí]] in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic [[mercury (element)|mercury]] into the environment.<ref name=frances>{{Cite journal |title=Les ruptures de barrages dans le monde: un nouveau bilan de Potosi (1626, Bolivie) |journal=La Houille Blanche |last1=Gioda |first1=Alain |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279971878 |pages=165–170 |last2=Serrano |first2=Carlos |last3=Forenza |first3=Ana |trans-title=Dam collapses in the world: a new estimation of the Potosi disaster (1626, Bolivia) |language=French|year=2002|volume=88 |issue=4/5|doi=10.1051/lhb/2002078 |bibcode=2002LHBl...88..165G }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Historia de la minería andina boliviana (siglos XVI–XX)|last=Serrano Bravo|first=Carlos|url=https://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/cendocbib/con4_uibd.nsf/6EF6AA797C1749E905257EFF005C493F/$FILE/Historia_de_Miner%C3%ADa_Andina_Boliviana.pdf|year=2004|location=Potosí, Bolivia|language=es|pages=39, 90}}</ref>
*[[1672]] &ndash; King Charles II of England issues the [[Declaration of Indulgence (1672)|Royal Declaration of Indulgence]], granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pollock|first=John|chapter=The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87)|title=The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 5: The Age of Louis IX|editor-last1=Ward|editor-first1=A.W.|editor-last2=Prothero|editor-first2=G.W.|editor-last3=Leathes|editor-first3=Stanley|location=New York|publisher=The Macmillan Company|date=1912|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MNhmAAAAMAAJ|pages=206–207}}</ref>
*[[1783]] &ndash; In an emotional speech in [[Newburgh, New York]], [[George Washington]] asks his officers not to support the [[Newburgh Conspiracy]]. The plea is successful, and the threatened [[coup d'état]] never takes place.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chernow|first=Ron|title=Washington: A Life|location=New York|publisher=Penguin Press|date=2010|isbn=9781594202667|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yE0-DgAAQBAJ|pages=433–434}}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Maine]] is admitted as the twenty-third [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last= |first= |date= |title=Today in History - March 15 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-15/ |journal=[[Library of Congress]] |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |issn= |pmid=}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; Sailor [[Benjamin Morrell]] [[phantom island|erroneously reported]] the existence of the island of [[New South Greenland]] near [[Antarctica]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Simpson-Housley|first= Paul|title= Antarctica:Exploration, Perception and Metaphor|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=M1ql3mx8xYgC&q=New+South+Greenland+Antarctic&pg=PA51|publisher= Routledge|location= New York|year= 1992|isbn= 0-415-08225-0 |page=52}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; A [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|revolution breaks out in Hungary]], and the [[Habsburg]] rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bona|first=Gábor|title=The Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence, 1848-1849: A Military History|location=Boulder, Colo.|publisher=Social Science Monographs|date=1999|isbn=9780880334334|page=457}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[French Third Republic|France]] and [[Nguyễn dynasty|Vietnam]] sign the [[Second Treaty of Saigon]], further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over [[Cochinchina]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wright|first=Edward Reynolds|title=Barriers to Progress in South Vietnam: The United States Experience|location=Seoul|publisher=Pomso Publishers|date=1973|oclc=483391164|page=21}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Archbishop of New York]] [[John McCloskey]] is named the first [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. Gordon Melton|title=Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 Volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bI9_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1544|date=15 January 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-026-3|pages=1544}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[First ever official cricket test match is played]]: Australia vs England at the [[MCG Stadium]], in [[Melbourne]], Australia.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Chronology|title=The Cambridge Companion to Cricket|editor-last1=Bateman|editor-first1=Anthony|editor-last2=Hill|editor-first2=Jeffrey|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2013|isbn=9780521761291|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sh3aAgAAQBAJ|page=xviii}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; Start of the [[Sikkim Expedition|Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Narbeth |first1=Colin |title=Collecting Military Medals: A Beginner's Guide |date=2002 |publisher=James Clarke & Co. |isbn=978-0-7188-9009-4 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6vlQEDyC9MC&pg=PA61 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; The [[Lobau bombing]] is one of the first attacks of the ''[[Ère des attentats]]'' (1892-1894).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Merriman |first=John M. |title=The dynamite club: how a bombing in Fin-de-Siècle Paris ignited the age of modern terror |title-link=The Dynamite Club |date=2016 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-21792-6 |location=New Haven |pages=70-90}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Madeleine bombing]] by [[Désiré Pauwels]] during the ''[[Ère des attentats]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141-142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}</ref>