15th March

On this day in history, in 44BC, the Roman Imperator Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Senate by a crowd of senators.

The date, known as the Ides of March, was one of monthly feast days the Romans referred to as "ides". These dates were usually the 13th of each month, or the 15th in March, May, July and October. The Ides of March were associated with the god, Mars, and the day was set aside for festivities including a military parade.

Aside from Caesar's death, March 15th is also the date when the Tsar Nicholas II abdicated as Tsar of all the Russias in 1917.