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March 5, 1303 -
Daniel of Moscow
died. His eldest son
Yury
succeeded him as Prince of Moscow.
March 16, 1434 - The army of
Yury of Zvenigorod
defeated the army of
Vasily II
. Vasily fled to
Nizhny Novgorod
.
March 18, 1584 -
Ivan IV of Russia
died of mercury poisoning. The throne fell to his mentally retarded son
Feodor I
; his son-in-law
Boris Godunov
took
de facto
charge of government.
March 24, 1794 -
Kościuszko Uprising
: An announcement by
Tadeusz Kościuszko
sparked a nationalist uprising in
Poland
.
March 29, 1809 -
Diet of Porvoo
: The four
Estates
of
Finland
swore allegiance to the Russian crown.