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Isabeau of Bavaria, detail from an illuminated miniature from The Book of the Queen, between circa 1410 and circa 1414
Isabeau of Bavaria (c. 1370–1435) became the queen of King Charles VI of France in 1385. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach, the eldest daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. Isabeau was sent to France at age 15 or 16, where the young French king liked her enough to marry her three days after they met. Charles suffered from lifelong progressive mental illness from 1392, and was forced to temporarily withdraw from government. A 1393 masque or masquerade ball for one of Isabeau's ladies-in-waiting—an event later known as Bal des Ardents—ended in disaster with the King almost burning to death. Although he demanded Isabeau's removal from his presence during attacks of mental illness, he allowed her to act on his behalf. Charles' illness created a power vacuum that eventually led to the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War between the supporters of his brother, Louis of Orléans, and the royal dukes of Burgundy. Isabeau shifted allegiances between the factions, choosing courses she believed most favorable for the heir to the throne. She was present at the signing of the Treaty of Troyes in 1421, and lived in English-occupied Paris until her death in 1435. (Full article...)
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... that Sayaka Osakabe created a women's support network for workplace harassment and named it Matahara, formed from the words maternity and harassment, which has become a Japanese legal term?
... that a borehole dug at the mouth of Gravel Run in the late 1800s revealed 38 different strata?
... that U.S. Mint Assistant Director Mary Margaret O'Reilly three times had her mandatory retirement extended by order of Franklin D. Roosevelt, but he refused when he was asked to extend it a fourth time?
... that Know Your IX has been termed a "survivor-run, student-driven campaign to end campus sexual violence"?
... that Ximena Cuevas is the first Mexican videographic artist whose works were acquired for the permanent collection of New York's MoMA?
... that after the sinking of HMS Bayano in 1915, thousands of Isle of Man residents turned out for the funeral procession even though none of the victims were from the island?
... that when Eduardo Rodríguez broke his right arm at the age of seven, he learned how to pitch with his left arm?
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A320 aircraft
Germanwings Flight 9525 (aircraft pictured) crashes in the French Alps with 150 people on board.
Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, dies at the age of 91.
President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi declares Aden to be the temporary capital of Yemen, amid the aftermath of a coup d'état.
A solar eclipse is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
Suicide bombings at two mosques in Sana'a, Yemen, kill 142 people, including 13 children.
The ruling party Likud, led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a plurality in the Israeli Knesset.
Gunmen kill 21 people during an attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis.
Ongoing: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Malcolm Fraser
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March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
Exxon Valdez
1860 – Rōnin samurai of the Mito Domain assassinated Japanese Chief Minister Ii Naosuke, upset with his role in the opening of Japan to foreign powers.
1882 – German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
1927 – Following the capture of Nanjing by an alliance of Nationalist and Communist forces, British and American warships bombarded the city in defence of foreign citizens there.
1944 – Second World War: Captured Allied airmen began "the Great Escape", breaking out of the German prison camp Stalag Luft III.
1989 – The tanker Exxon Valdez (pictured) spilled more than 10 million US gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing one of the most devastating man-made environmental disasters at sea.
More anniversaries: March 23 – March 24 – March 25
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From today's featured article
Isabeau of Bavaria, detail from an illuminated miniature from The Book of the Queen, between circa 1410 and circa 1414
Isabeau of Bavaria (c. 1370–1435) became the queen of King Charles VI of France in 1385. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach, the eldest daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. Isabeau was sent to France at age 15 or 16, where the young French king liked her enough to marry her three days after they met. Charles suffered from lifelong progressive mental illness from 1392, and was forced to temporarily withdraw from government. A 1393 masque or masquerade ball for one of Isabeau's ladies-in-waiting—an event later known as Bal des Ardents—ended in disaster with the King almost burning to death. Although he demanded Isabeau's removal from his presence during attacks of mental illness, he allowed her to act on his behalf. Charles' illness created a power vacuum that eventually led to the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War between the supporters of his brother, Louis of Orléans, and the royal dukes of Burgundy. Isabeau shifted allegiances between the factions, choosing courses she believed most favorable for the heir to the throne. She was present at the signing of the Treaty of Troyes in 1421, and lived in English-occupied Paris until her death in 1435. (Full article...)
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:
Drawing by Moses Harris
... that the first scientific descriptions of several species of dragonfly were published by the watercolourist Moses Harris (one of his illustrations pictured)?
... that Sayaka Osakabe created a women's support network for workplace harassment and named it Matahara, formed from the words maternity and harassment, which has become a Japanese legal term?
... that a borehole dug at the mouth of Gravel Run in the late 1800s revealed 38 different strata?
... that U.S. Mint Assistant Director Mary Margaret O'Reilly three times had her mandatory retirement extended by order of Franklin D. Roosevelt, but he refused when he was asked to extend it a fourth time?
... that Know Your IX has been termed a "survivor-run, student-driven campaign to end campus sexual violence"?
... that Ximena Cuevas is the first Mexican videographic artist whose works were acquired for the permanent collection of New York's MoMA?
... that after the sinking of HMS Bayano in 1915, thousands of Isle of Man residents turned out for the funeral procession even though none of the victims were from the island?
... that when Eduardo Rodríguez broke his right arm at the age of seven, he learned how to pitch with his left arm?
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In the news
A320 aircraft
Germanwings Flight 9525 (aircraft pictured) crashes in the French Alps with 150 people on board.
Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, dies at the age of 91.
President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi declares Aden to be the temporary capital of Yemen, amid the aftermath of a coup d'état.
A solar eclipse is visible across much of Europe, with totality over the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
Suicide bombings at two mosques in Sana'a, Yemen, kill 142 people, including 13 children.
The ruling party Likud, led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a plurality in the Israeli Knesset.
Gunmen kill 21 people during an attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis.
Ongoing: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Malcolm Fraser
On this day...
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
Exxon Valdez
1860 – Rōnin samurai of the Mito Domain assassinated Japanese Chief Minister Ii Naosuke, upset with his role in the opening of Japan to foreign powers.
1882 – German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
1927 – Following the capture of Nanjing by an alliance of Nationalist and Communist forces, British and American warships bombarded the city in defence of foreign citizens there.
1944 – Second World War: Captured Allied airmen began "the Great Escape", breaking out of the German prison camp Stalag Luft III.
1989 – The tanker Exxon Valdez (pictured) spilled more than 10 million US gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing one of the most devastating man-made environmental disasters at sea.
More anniversaries: March 23 – March 24 – March 25
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It is now March 24, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page
Today's featured picture
British First World War recruitment poster
A British recruitment poster from the First World War, featuring imagery of Saint George and the Dragon. Britain in the First World War fielded more than five million troops. Enrollment was initially voluntary, and in 1914 and 1915 the British military released numerous recruitment posters to attract troops. As the war progressed there were fewer volunteers to fill the ranks, and in 1916 the Military Service Act, which provided for the conscription of single men aged 18–41, was introduced. By the end of the war the law's scope had been extended to include older and married men.
Poster: Parliamentary Recruiting Committee; restoration: Adam Cuerden
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