On This Day facts for March 16th
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - MARCH 16th On this day in history in 455, seriously, it's a real year, look it up, the Roman Emperor Valentinian III was assassinated. Valentinian had been having some serious problems for the last few years of his reign. Many of these problems were paranoia. Other problems revolved around hedgehogs and STDs. Check out a Humorous History account of The Assassination of the Roman Emperor Valentinian III On this day in history in 1244, after a nine-month siege, the Cathar controlled Chateau de Montsegur fell to the French Royal forces. The Fall of Montsegur led to the French army gathering any survivors of the Siege of Montsegur and burning them inside a giant bonfire. Over 200 were killed, burned alive as an example to anyone who would defy the French authority. On this day in history in 1621, the Plymouth Colony in the newly colonised America, received a visitor from Samos...