The Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo in the early 1st century AD wrote about the destruction of Atlantis in his On the Eternity of the World, xxvi.

On the battlefield, it is probably fair to say, Charles was comparable in skill and style to Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington-quite conservative and yet exceedingly competent.

On graduation he joined the 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in September 1908 as a second lieutenant, and first saw service later that year in India.

Most accounts incorrectly attribute this story to Herodotus ; actually, the story first appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD, who quotes from Heracleides of Pontus's lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles.

On 18 October, he was created 1st Earl Beatty, Viscount Borodale and Baron Beatty of the North Sea and Brooksby.

On 29 June, he ordered XXX Corps — South African 1st, Indian 5th and 10th Infantry Divisions — to take the coastal sector on the right of the front and XIII Corps — New Zealand and Indian 5th Divisions — to be on the left.

The 1st of Nisan is the new year for kings and feasts ; the 1st of Elul is the new year for the tithe of cattle ... the 1st of Tishri is the new year for years, of the years of release and jubilee years, for the planting and for vegetables ; and the 1st of Shevat is the new year for trees-so the school of Shammai ; and the school of Hillel say: On the 15th thereof.

On 10 December 1916, Alexander took second-in-command of 1st Battalion Irish Guards as acting major.

However, the earliest known idea to indicate the possibility of diseases spreading by yet unseen organisms was that of the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in a 1st century BC book titled On Agriculture in which he warns against locating a homestead near swamps:

* On October 4, 1955, early in his career, Elvis Presley performed at the Boys Club Gymnasium at 1530 1st Street Northeast in Paris as a member of the Louisiana Hayride Jamboree tour.

On 7 May 1940 further modifications to rationalise the ranks system were made on the proposal by Marshal Voroshilov: the ranks of " General " and " Admiral " replaced the senior functional ranks of Combrig, Comdiv, Comcor, Comandarm in the RKKA and Flagman 1st rank etc.

On October 1st 2012 California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the first bill banning gay conversion therapy.

On the eve of the 1st century AD, the settlement was seized by the Romans and became a military camp.

On May 1st, 2012, Amos announced the formation of her own record label Transmission Galactic, which she intends to use to develop new artists.

On 16 October 1551, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, overthrew the Duke of Somerset to become the new regent of the young King.

On August 3, Patton was visiting wounded patients from the recent Sicilian campaign at the 15th Evacuation Hospital near Nicosia when he encountered 27-year-old Private Charles H. Kuhl of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, sitting slouched on a stool midway through a tent ward filled with injured soldiers.

* On April 22, 2009, Ross Perot was made an Honorary Green Beret at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, that also honored the OSS, Alamo Scouts and the First Special Service Force, elite World War Two units that were inducted into the " 1st Special Forces " Regiment.

The earliest extant use of the term monastērion is by the 1st century AD Jewish philosopher Philo in On The Contemplative Life, ch.

On 30 September 1642 Parliamentarians led by Sir Robert Harley and Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford occupied the city without opposition.

On 31 July 1645 a Scottish army of 14, 000 under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven besieged the city but met stiff resistance from its garrison and inhabitants.

The account of the run near Marathon to Athens first appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD, which quotes from Heraclides Ponticus ' lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles.

On their return to the battlefield, Oxford's men were erroneously shot at by his allies commanded by John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.

On March 21, 1957, however, the Department recommended approval of the 1-a classification.

On March 11 the Louisiana legislature voted unanimously to table the petition.

On March 21, 1845 the bark Bashaw weighed anchor at New Orleans, while on the levee Henry and William Palfrey waved farewell to their father's former chattels who must have looked back at the receding shore with mingled regret and jubilation.

On March 4, 1865, Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address.

On March 4, 1789, the Articles were replaced with the U. S. Constitution.

On March 29, 1862, Johnston officially took command of this combined force, which continued to use the Army of the Mississippi name under which it had been organized by Beauregard on March 5.

On March 27, 2006, the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $ 235. 65 million compact with the Government of Armenia.

On March 30, 2010, a spokesman for the Egyptian Culture Ministry claimed it had unearthed a large red granite door in Luxor with inscriptions by User, a powerful adviser to the 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut who ruled between 1479 BC and 1458 BC, the longest of any woman.

On 15 March 44 BC, Octavius's adoptive father Julius Caesar was assassinated by a conspiracy led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.

On September 15, 2010, the Department of Justice issued revised regulations for implementation of Titles II and III, effective March 15, 2011.

On November 6, 1827, Alcott started teaching in Bristol, Connecticut, still using the same methods he used in Cheshire, but opposition from the community surfaced quickly ; he was unemployed by March 1828.

On March 5, 1868, the impeachment trial began in the Senate and lasted almost three months ; Reps. George S. Boutwell, Ben Butler and Thaddeus Stevens acted as managers ( prosecutors ) for the House and William M. Evarts, Benjamin R. Curtis and Attorney General Henry Stanberry served as Johnson's counsel ; Chief Justice Chase served as presiding judge.

On 30 March 2010, a magnitude 6. 9 earthquake struck near the Andaman Islands.

On March 2, the circular formally filing the organization and capitalization ( at $ 1, 400, 000, 000 — 4 % of U. S. national wealth at the time ) of the United States Steel Corporation actually completed the contract.

On the third Wednesday in March each year ( near the spring equinox ), three quarters of Dutch schoolchildren aged 10 / 11 and Dutch celebrities plant trees.

On March 19, 2003, the Falcons presented their new logo.

On March 9, 1995, Colangelo's group was awarded a franchise to begin play for the 1998 season.

On 18 March 2012, Rowan Williams announced he would be stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of 2012.

On 12 March 2007, it was purchased for £ 479 million by a joint venture company, headed by David Richards, John Singers, an American investment banker ; and two Kuwaiti investment companies, Investment Dar and Adeem Investment.

On 12 March 2007, a consortium led by Prodrive chairman David Richards purchased Aston Martin for £ 475m ( US $ 848m ).

On 4 March 2008, in announcing a partnership with Magna Steyr to outsource manufacture of over 2, 000 cars annually at Graz, Austria, the company stated " The continuing growth and success of the company is based upon Gaydon as the focal point and heart of the business, with the design and engineering of all Aston Martin products continuing to be carried out there.

On 22 March 1798 Aarau was declared the capital of the Helvetic Republic.

On March 3, 1923, in Havana, Cuba, Nin married her first husband, Hugh Parker Guiler ( 1898 – 1985 ), a banker and artist, later known as " Ian Hugo " when he became a maker of experimental films in the late 1940s.

On March 17, 1955, she married him at Quartzsite, Arizona, returning with Pole to live in California.