17 March

17 March was celebrated in Ireland as St Patrick's Day. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

In 1898, Mary Eliza Millington died at only 13 days old. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)

In 1930, contruction began on the Empire State Building in New York. (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac)

In 2010, an exhibit on Vincent van Gogh opened at the Musée d'Orsay. (TV: The Lodger)