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On this day - 15 March

Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.

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Tsar Nicholas II abdicates

Daily Express 15/03/1917

On March 15th 1917, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne of Russia on behalf of himself and his son, stating leadership should fall to his brother Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich. He didn't accept and power fell to the newly formed Russian Provisional Government. This concluded the February revolution and was the end of the dynastic reign of the House of Romanov who had been in power since 1613.

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Fuad I becomes King of Egypt

Daily Mirror 15/03/1922
Egypt was formally under a protectorate from the United Kingdom which ended in 1922 with the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence. On the 15th March 1922 Egypt's Sultan, Fuad I, took the title of King of Egypt. The monarchy lasted until 1953 when a revolution led to the abolishment of monarchy, and establishment of a presidency.

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