30th March 1853 - Vincent van Gogh was born. 1856 - The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War. 1858 - Hymen Lipman patented a pencil with an attached eraser. 1986 - James Cagney died.
30th March 1853 - Vincent van Gogh was born. 1856 - The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War. 1858 - Hymen Lipman patented a pencil with an attached eraser. 1986 - James Cagney died.
28th March 1854 - Britain and France joined the Ottoman empire in the Crimean War against Russia, to halt Russian expansion. 1930 - Constantinople was renamed Istanbul as part of Kemal Atatürk's campaign to create a secular Turkey.