What happend on 23rd March

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24.03
1839

First recorded use of "OK" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" in the Boston Morning Post.

1806

After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.

1801

Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.

1775

American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech

1708

James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.

1568

Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de Medici and Charles IX of France make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.