NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Five British men are released from detention at C Delta, Guantanamo Bay. After they land at RAF Brize Norton, 4 of them are immediately arrested for questioning.
French President Charles De Gaulle states that French troops will be taken out of NATO and that all French NATO bases and HQ's must be closed within a year.
Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
Tuesday, March 10, 1801
The first census is held in Great Britain. The population of England and Wales is determined to be 8.9 million, with London revealed to have 860,035 residents. 1.5 million people live in cities of 20,000 or more in England and Wales, accounting for 17% of the total English population.
American Revolutionary War: George Washington approves the dishonorable discharge of Lieut. Frederick Gotthold Enslin for attempting to commit sodomy, with John Monhort a soldier.
Pope Pelagius II grants the status of Crusade to the Christian effort in the Ebro valley attracting numerous Gascon, Occitan and Norman knights.ref name=possessing the land
The economic competition between Milan and Como drives the two cities to war.
Upon the death of his brother Philip, Inge the Younger becomes sole king of Sweden.
December 18 ndash Alfonso the Battler expels the Moors from Zaragoza.Gilbert Meynier (2010) "L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)". Paris: La Découverte pp.86.