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In short, the which took place on March 17, 1757, were signed at the Pakuwon Building, Jalan Brigjen Sudiarto No. 1, Salatiga, Central Java. The negotiating parties were Prince Sambernyawa, Paku Buwono III, the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and representatives of the

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On this day, March 13, 1979, the New Jewel Movement (NJM), led by Maurice Bishop, launched a bloodless coup in Grenada, overthrowing Prime Minister Eric Gairy while he was abroad. This revolution established the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), which ended Gairy's controversial regime and implemented socialist policies until 1983.

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Spain took Djerba in 1560

The disastrous attempt to oust the Ottomans from North Africa threatened to accelerate the westward advance of Suleiman the Magnificent.

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