What happened on 24 March?

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

1. 1603 Edo period Tokugawa-shogunate era of internal peace, sakoku isolation, urban culture (kabuki, ukiyo-e, haiku) and stable hierarchy until the Meiji Restoration.
2. 1603 Reign of James I Reign of James I (1603-1625) as monarch of England (later Britain/UK).
3. 1882 Koch identifies the tuberculosis bacterium Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, proving TB is an infectious disease.
4. 1721 Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Set of six instrumental concertos dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg.
5. 1972 The Godfather Coppola's adaptation of Mario Puzo's mafia novel; redefined American cinema.
6. 1603 Edo period begins Conventional start of Edo period.
7. 1976 Argentine Dirty War Military junta murders thousands of leftists during the 'National Reorganization Process'.
8. 1603 Union of the Crowns James VI of Scotland succeeds Elizabeth I as James I of England; one monarch, two parliaments.
9. 1999 NATO bombs Serbia over Kosovo After Milošević's forces drive hundreds of thousands of Kosovo Albanians from their homes, NATO bombs Serbia for 78 days — the first war fought by the alliance against a sovereign
10. 1919 Big Four meet at Versailles Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando draft the peace.
11. 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill Tanker spills 11 million gallons of crude into Alaska's Prince William Sound.
12. 1794 Kościuszko Uprising Tadeusz Kościuszko, veteran of the American Revolution, leads a national rising with scythe-armed peasants; its defeat triggers the final partition of Poland.
13. 1860 Assassination of Ii Naosuke The shogun's chief minister — who signed the foreign treaties and purged his critics — is cut down by samurai in the snow outside Edo Castle's Sakurada Gate. The shogunate never ag
14. 1972 London imposes direct rule After fifty years of one-party unionist government, London suspends the Stormont parliament and rules Northern Ireland directly from Westminster. Intended as temporary, direct rule