Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 1
On March 1:
- 1562 - Wars of Religion began with a massacre of Huguenots.
- 1692 - The Salem witch trials began in Salem Village.
- 1872 - Yellowstone National Park was established.
- 1896 - Battle of Adowa, between Ethiopia and Italy.
- 1931 - Japan proclaimed former Chinese Emperor Henry Pu Yi emperor of Manchukuo.
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