March 9 is the 68th day of this year,  and 297 days remain until the end of 2026. Going back through known history, what in the past happened on March 29? 1044:  The people of Constantinople rioted against emperor Constantine for preferring his mistress over the empress. 1766:  Scottish philosopher Adam Smith publishes  The Wealth of Nations . 1796:  Napoleon Bonaparte married his first wife, Josephine.   Annulled in 1810 for no children.   So he then married Marie-Louise of Austria, who gave birth to Napoleon II in 1811. She was the first child of Maria Theresa ( photo to the right ), my selection as the  Most Extraordinary Female in History.    Never heard of her?   Read my posting . She had 16 children, and her youngest daughter, Marie Antoinette, became Queen of France and guillotined. While all that was happening, she became the first female empress over the Austria-Hungarian Empire at the age of 23.  She wa...