Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/March
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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 Dmitrievich 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.
