26th March to 1st April

26th March
1199   Richard the Lionheart fatally wounded in France by a crossbow bolt
1917   First Battle of Gaza, British forces fail to capture Gaza from Ottoman forces
1982   Argentinian Junta bring forward Falklands invasion date

27th March
1794   US Government establish the US Navy and order six frigates
1846   US Troops reach the Rio Grande and start to build Fort Texas
1854   Great Britain declares war on Russia, starting the Crimean War

28th March
845    Viking army under Ragnar Lodbrok captures Paris
1854   France declares war on Russia, Crimean War
1942   Operation Chariot, British Commandos destroy Saint-Nazaire lock gate

29th March
1461   Battle of Towton, Yorkists defeat Lancastrians and Edward crowned Edward IV
1982   HMS Spartan recalled from exercise to Gibraltar and rearmed with torpedoes
1982   Fleet Auxillary Fort Austin sailed for South Atlantic to support HMS Endurance

30th March
1296   Berwick Upon Tweed sacked by English forces
1944   Field Marshals von Manstein and von Kleist relieved of their commands
1972   The North Vietnamese launch their Easter Offensive and cross the DMZ

31st March
1774   British order Boston Port closed by Act of Parliament
1866   Spanish Navy bombard Valparisio, Chile
1992   USS Missouri, last US Battleship, is decommissioned

1st April
1318    Berwick Upon Tweed captured by Scottish forces
1918    The Royal Flying Corps is replaced by the Royal Air Force
1982   HMS Splendid dispatched to South Atlantic from Faslane, Scotland