What happened on 7 March?

10 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 161 Reign of Marcus Aurelius Philosopher-emperor; defends the Danube against Marcomanni and Sarmatians; writes the Meditations.
2. 1876 Bell patents the telephone Alexander Graham Bell is granted the patent for voice transmission over wire; three days later: "Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you."
3. 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches Voting-rights marchers attacked on Edmund Pettus Bridge on 'Bloody Sunday'; LBJ's response: Voting Rights Act.
4. 1936 Remilitarization of the Rhineland Wehrmacht reoccupied the demilitarised Rhineland; first major treaty breach unopposed.
5. 1966 France withdraws from NATO command De Gaulle pulls France out of NATO's integrated military command.
6. 1945 The bridge at Remagen American tanks arrive at the Rhine to find the Ludendorff railway bridge — wired for demolition — still standing after its charges half-fail. Infantry rush it under fire; within a
7. 1945 Tito's rule of Yugoslavia Held a federation of six republics together for thirty-five years, broke with Stalin and led the Non-Aligned Movement.
8. 1866 Satsuma and Choshu ally against the shogun Japan's two most powerful southern domains — bitter rivals until now — form a secret alliance brokered by the ronin Sakamoto Ryōma. Together they command the men, the modern guns a
9. 1875 Born: Maurice Ravel French composer of Boléro, the orchestral Daphnis et Chloé, and the Piano Concerto in G.
10. 1872 Born: Piet Mondrian Dutch painter whose grids of primary colour defined De Stijl.