Editing March 21 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Great New Orleans Fire (1788)|A fire in New Orleans]] leaves most of the town in ruins.<ref>{{cite book|author=Roulhac Toledano|title=A Pattern Book of New Orleans Architecture|date=11 February 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mpuUz9sZ9NoC&pg=PA157|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-4556-1017-4|pages=157}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; With the [[Papal States|church]] leadership driven out of [[Rome]] during an armed conflict, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius VII]] is [[papal coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a [[List of papal tiaras in existence|temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché]].
*[[1801]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Alexandria (1801)|Battle of Alexandria]] is fought between [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] and [[French First Republic|French]] forces near the ruins of Nicopolis near [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]].
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Code|Code Napoléon]] is adopted as French [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] forces repel [[First French Empire|French]] troops in the [[Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: Greek revolutionaries seize [[Kalavryta]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://greekreporter.com/2017/03/23/kalavryta-the-first-greek-city-liberated-from-the-ottomans/ | title=Kalavryta: The First Greek City Liberated from the Ottomans | date=23 March 2017 }}</ref>
*[[1829]] &ndash; The [[Wellington–Winchilsea duel]] takes place in [[London]] involving the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] the [[Duke of Wellington]].<ref>Muir, Rory. ''Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852''. Yale University Press, 2015. p.575-7</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; The [[Baháʼí calendar]] begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Baháʼí calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] as the Baháʼí New Year or [[Baháʼí Naw-Rúz|Náw-Rúz]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Alexander H. Stephens]] gives the [[Cornerstone Speech]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Otto von Bismarck]] is appointed as the first [[Chancellor of the German Empire]].
*  1871   &ndash; Journalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].