March 1

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March 1 is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 305 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 752 BC – Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.
• 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul, celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
• 86 BC – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus.
• 293 – Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").
• 317 – Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares
• 350 – Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar.
• 1457 – The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.
• 1476 – Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.
• 1562 – Twenty-three Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
• 1565 – The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
• 1593 – The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
• 1628 – Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
• 1633 – Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
• 1642 – Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
• 1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
• 1700 – Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.
• 1713 – The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
• 1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
• 1790 – The first United States census is authorized.
• 1803 – Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.
• 1805 – Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
• 1811 – Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
• 1815 – Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba, start of the Hundred Days.
• 1836 – A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
• 1845 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
• 1847 – The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.
• 1852 – Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
• 1854 – German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
• 1867 – Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
• 1868 – The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• 1870 – Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• 1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• 1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• 1886 – The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• 1893 – Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla demonstrates Wireless power in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1896 – Battle of Adwa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• 1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
• 1901 – The Australian Army is formed.
• 1910 – The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
• 1912 – Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
• 1914 – The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 1917 – The U.S. government releases the unencrypted text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.
• 1919 – March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
• 1921 – The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
• 1932 – Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
• 1932 – Declaration of the founding of Manchukuo.
• 1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.
• 1936 – A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.
• 1939 – An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
• 1941 – World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
• 1941 – W47NV begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..
• 1946 – The Bank of England is nationalised.
• 1947 – The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• 1950 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• 1953 – Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
• 1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
• 1954 – Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• 1956 – The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• 1956 – Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee
• 1958 – Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
• 1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
• 1961 – Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
• 1962 – American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York.
• 1964 – Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
• 1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• 1966 – The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• 1971 – A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility.
• 1971 – President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
• 1972 – The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• 1973 – Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
• 1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• 1981 – Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
• 1989 – The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
• 1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• 1992 – Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 1995 – Prime Minister of Poland Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
• 1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.
• 1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
• 1999 – Ottawa Treaty enters into force.
• 2000 – The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
• 2000 – Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.
• 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
• 2002 – The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 mi) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (8.5 tons).
• 2002 – The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the euro (€).
• 2003 – Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• 2003 – The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
• 2004 – Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum becomes President of Iraq.
• 2005 – U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional marking a change in "national standards,".
• 2006 – English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
• 2007 – Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths are at Enterprise High School (Alabama).
• 2007 – "Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark riots.
• 2008 – The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections 2008, as a result ten people are killed.
• 2014 – At least 29 people are killed and 130 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

Births

• 40 – Martial, Spanish-Italian author and poet (d. 102)
• 1389 – Antoninus of Florence, Italian archbishop and saint (d. 1459)
• 1432 – Isabella of Coimbra (d. 1455)
• 1456 – Vladislaus II of Hungary (d. 1516)
• 1547 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher and lexicographer (d. 1628)
• 1597 – Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1652)
• 1611 – John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (d. 1685)
• 1644 – Simon Foucher, French philosopher and academic (d. 1696)
• 1657 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1740)
• 1683 – 6th Dalai Lama (d. 1706)
• 1683 – Caroline of Ansbach (d. 1737)
• 1732 – William Cushing, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1810)
• 1760 – François Buzot, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
• 1769 – François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
• 1781 – Javiera Carrera, Chilean daughter of Ignacio de la Carrera (d. 1862)
• 1792 – Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (d. 1872)
• 1807 – Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898)
• 1808 – Edward "Ned" Kendall, American bugle player and bandleader (d. 1861)
• 1810 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1849)
• 1812 – Augustus Pugin, English architect, co-designed the Palace of Westminster (d. 1852)
• 1817 – Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882)
• 1821 – Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop (d. 1896)
• 1837 – William Dean Howells, American author and critic (d. 1920)
• 1842 – Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (d. 1901)
• 1848 – Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor and academic (d. 1907)
• 1852 – Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1923)
• 1858 – Rudolf Diesel, French-German engineer (d. 1913)
• 1858 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918)
• 1863 – Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1930)
• 1870 – E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic (d. 1944)
• 1876 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman (d. 1942)
• 1880 – Lytton Strachey, English author and critic (d. 1932)
• 1886 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet (d. 1980)
• 1888 – Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)
• 1888 – Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1949)
• 1889 – Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (d. 1960)
• 1890 – Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author (d. 2002)
• 1892 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (d. 1927)
• 1893 – Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1968)
• 1895 – Ogura Yuki, Japanese painter (d. 2000)
• 1896 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
• 1896 – Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer (d. 1942)
• 1899 – Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer (d. 1972)
• 1904 – Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1973)
• 1904 – Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1944)
• 1905 – Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1906 – Camilla Spira, German actress (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Eugene Esmonde, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1942)
• 1909 – Winston Sharples, American composer (d. 1978)
• 1910 – Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
• 1910 – David Niven, English-Swiss actor, singer, and producer (d. 1983)
• 1911 – Rina Ketty, Italian-French singer (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011)
• 1914 – Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
• 1914 – Ralph Ellison, American author and critic (d. 1994)
• 1915 – Clarrie Harders, Australian public servant (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Robert Lowell, American poet and academic (d. 1977)
• 1918 – Roger Delgado, English actor (d. 1973)
• 1918 – João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (d. 1976)
• 1918 – Gladys Spellman, American educator and politician (d. 1988)
• 1920 – Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
• 1921 – Cameron Argetsinger, American race car driver and lawyer (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal (d. 1983)
• 1921 – Richard Wilbur, American poet and academic
• 1922 – William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1924 – Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1993)
• 1926 – Robert Clary, French-American actor and author
• 1926 – Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (d. 1992)
• 1926 – Pete Rozelle, American businessman (d. 1996)
• 1926 – Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1927 – Robert Bork, American lawyer and scholar, United States Attorney General (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Jacques Rivette, French director and screenwriter
• 1929 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian journalist and author (d. 1978)
• 1930 – R. P. Goenka, Indian businessman, founded RPG Group (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980)
• 1934 – Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
• 1935 – Robert Conrad, American actor, director, and commentator
• 1936 – Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (d. 1997)
• 1937 – Eugen Doga, Romanian-Moldovan composer and conductor
• 1939 – Adnan Al-Kaissie, Iraqi wrestler and manager
• 1939 – Leo Brouwer, Cuban guitarist, composer, and conductor
• 1940 – Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, and author
• 1940 – Brian Waites, English golfer
• 1941 – Robert Hass, American poet and academic
• 1941 – Joo Hyun, South Korean actor
• 1941 – Donnie Walsh, American basketball player and coach
• 1942 – Jerry Fisher, American singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1942 – Peter Guber, American film producer
• 1942 – Richard Myers, American general
• 1943 – Gil Amelio, American businessman
• 1943 – José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1943 – Cha Katō, Japanese comedian and actor
• 1943 – Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast and coach
• 1943 – Richard H. Price, American physicist and academic
• 1943 – Rashid Sunyaev, Russian-German astronomer and physicist
• 1944 – Danilo Bach, American screenwriter and film producer
• 1944 – Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal
• 1944 – John Breaux, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 – Mike d'Abo, English singer-songwriter (Manfred Mann and A Band of Angels)
• 1944 – Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Who, No Plan B, and The RD Crusaders)
• 1945 – Dirk Benedict, American actor and director
• 1946 – Gerry Boulet, Canadian singer-songwriter (Offenbach) (d. 1990)
• 1946 – Jim Crace, English author and academic
• 1946 – Lana Wood, American actress and producer
• 1947 – Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and composer
• 1948 – Burning Spear, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1951 – Sergei Kourdakov, Russian-American KGB agent (d. 1973)
• 1952 – Steven Barnes, American author and screenwriter
• 1952 – Nevada Barr, American actress and author
• 1952 – Roy Marten, Indonesian actor and producer
• 1952 – Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (d. 2009)
• 1952 – Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1952 – Brian Winters, American basketball player and coach
• 1953 – Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
• 1953 – Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1953 – M. K. Stalin, Indian actor and politician
• 1954 – Catherine Bach, American actress
• 1954 – Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1954 – Mare Teichmann, Estonian psychologist and academic
• 1956 – Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 6th President of Lithuania
• 1956 – Mark Todd, New Zealand horse rider
• 1958 – Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1958 – Chosei Komatsu, Japanese-American conductor
• 1958 – Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and pilot
• 1959 – Nick Griffin, English politician
• 1960 – Benedict Allen, English television host and author
• 1962 – Russell Coutts, New Zealand sailor
• 1962 – Mark Gardner, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Bill Leen, American bass player and producer (Gin Blossoms)
• 1962 – Melanie Moore, American porn actress and model
• 1963 – Rob Affuso, American drummer (Skid Row)
• 1963 – Thomas Anders, German singer-songwriter and producer (Modern Talking)
• 1963 – Maurice Benard, American actor
• 1963 – Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1963 – Russell Wong, American actor
• 1964 – Clinton Gregory, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1964 – Paul Le Guen, French footballer and manager
• 1965 – Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
• 1965 – Mary Lou Lord, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Helium)
• 1965 – Booker T, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1966 – Susan Auch, Canadian speed skater
• 1966 – Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Yelena Afanasyeva, Russian runner
• 1967 – George Eads, American actor
• 1967 – Aron Winter, Suriname-Dutch footballer and manager
• 1968 – Salil Ankola, Indian cricketer and actor
• 1969 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor, singer, and producer
• 1970 – Jason V Brock, American author, director, and producer
• 1971 – Thomas Adès, English pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1971 – Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist and trainer
• 1972 – Último Guerrero, Mexican wrestler
• 1973 – Jack Davenport, English actor, singer, and producer
• 1973 – Anton Gunn, American academic and politician
• 1973 – Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ and producer (4 Strings)
• 1973 – Chris Webber, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Stephen Davis, American football player and coach
• 1974 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
• 1974 – Shane Harwood, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Maya Kulenovic, Croatian-Canadian painter
• 1975 – Francesco Mazzariol, Italian footballer and coach
• 1975 – Tate Stevens, American singer and guitarist
• 1976 – Travis Kvapil, American race car driver
• 1977 – Rens Blom, Dutch pole vaulter
• 1977 – Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and model
• 1978 – Jensen Ackles, American actor and director
• 1979 – Éowyn, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer
• 1979 – Bruno Langlois, Canadian cyclist
• 1980 – Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
• 1980 – Gennaro Bracigliano, French footballer
• 1980 – Sercan Güvenışık, German-Turkish footballer
• 1980 – Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
• 1980 – Anna Semenovich, Russian singer, actress, and ice dancer
• 1980 – Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer
• 1981 – Ana Hickmann, Brazilian model
• 1981 – Adam LaVorgna, American actor

Will Power

• 1981 – Malinda Damgaard, Swedish modist
• 1981 – Will Power, Australian race car driver
• 1981 – Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player
• 1982 – Shalva Didebashvili, Georgian-German rugby player
• 1982 – Juan Manuel Ortiz, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Kim Min-hee, South Korean actress and model
• 1983 – Elán, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Lupita Nyong'o, Mexican-Kenyan actress
• 1983 – Davey Richards, American wrestler
• 1984 – Naima Mora, American model and actress
• 1984 – Alexander Steen, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
• 1984 – Anthony Tupou, Australian rugby player
• 1985 – Andreas Ottl, German footballer
• 1985 – Yun Ok-hee, South Korean archer
• 1986 – Big E Langston, American wrestler
• 1986 – Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
• 1987 – Kesha, American singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Sammie, American singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Vintage Crop, Irish race horse (d. 2014)
• 1988 – Katija Pevec, American actress
• 1988 – Yang Hyeon-jong, South Korean baseball player
• 1989 – Sonya Kitchell, American singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Daniella Monet, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1989 – Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Harry Eden, English actor
• 1993 – Josh McEachran, English footballer
• 1993 – Syuusuke Saito, Japanese actor and singer
• 1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1996 – Ye Shiwen, Chinese swimmer

Deaths

• 589 – Saint David (b. 500)
• 1131 – Stephen II of Hungary (b. 1101)
• 1233 – Thomas, Count of Savoy (b. 1178)
• 1244 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, Welsh son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)
• 1320 – Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Emperor Renzong of Yuan (b. 1286)
• 1383 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (b. 1334)
• 1510 – Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1450)
• 1536 – Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet and author (b. 1465)
• 1546 – George Wishart, Scottish minister and martyr (b. 1513)
• 1620 – Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (b. 1567)
• 1633 – George Herbert, Welsh-English poet and priest (b. 1593)
• 1643 – Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1583)
• 1661 – Richard Zouch, English judge and politician (b. 1590)
• 1697 – Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (b. 1626)
• 1706 – Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and politician (b. 1632)
• 1734 – Roger North, English lawyer and author (b. 1653)
• 1768 – Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and author (b. 1694)
• 1773 – Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect, designed the Palace of Caserta (b. 1700)
• 1792 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
• 1825 – John Haggin, American settler (b. 1753)
• 1841 – Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 – Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 – Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 – Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 – Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Pauline Musters, Dutch-American dwarf (b. 1876)
• 1898 – George Bruce Malleson, English colonel (b. 1825)
• 1906 – José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1912 – George Grossmith, English actor and singer (b. 1847)
• 1914 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 – John H. Bankhead, American politician (b. 1842)
• 1920 – Joseph Trumpeldor, Russian soldier and activist (b. 1880)
• 1921 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
• 1922 – Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1929 – Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 – Frank Teschemacher, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1906)
• 1933 – Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet (b. 1900)
• 1936 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1938 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 – Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1941 – Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (b. 1873)
• 1942 – George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
• 1943 – Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1952 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
• 1963 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1966 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1970 – Lucille Hegamin, American singer (b. 1894)
• 1974 – Bobby Timmons, American pianist (The Jazz Messengers) (b. 1935)
• 1976 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 1978 – Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1979 – Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)
• 1980 – Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model, founded Wilhelmina Models (b. 1940)
• 1980 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
• 1982 – Frank Sargeson, New Zealand author (b. 1903)
• 1983 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1984 – Roland Culver, English actor (b. 1900)
• 1988 – Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907)
• 1989 – Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
• 1995 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
• 1998 – Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (b. 1937)
• 1999 – Christine Glanville, English puppeteer (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Henry Wade, American lawyer (b. 1914)
• 2002 – C. Farris Bryant, American politician, 34th Governor of Florida (b. 1914)
• 2004 – Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Peter Malkin, Israeli secret agent (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Harry Browne, American politician and author (b. 1933)
• 2006 – Johnny Jackson, American drummer (The Jackson 5) (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
• 2006 – Jack Wild, English actor (b. 1952)
• 2008 – Raúl Reyes, Colombian guerrilla leader (b. 1948)
• 2010 – Kristian Digby, English television host and director (b. 1977)
• 2012 – Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (b. 1969)
• 2012 – Jerome Courtland, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Archie Kalokerinos, Australian physician (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Altamir Heitor Martins, Brazilian footballer (b. 1980)
• 2012 – Gemma McCluskie, English actress (b. 1983)
• 2012 – Callan Pinckney, American fitness trainer (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Magic, American rapper (b. 1975)
• 2013 – Jewel Akens, American singer and producer (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress (b. 1944)
• 2013 – D. V. J. Harischandra, Sri Lankan psychiatrist and scholar (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Ric Menello, American director and screenwriter (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Naw Kham, Burmese drug lord (b. 1969)
• 2013 – Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1959)
• 2014 – Andy Gilpin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Les Layton, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Alejandro Zaffaroni, Uruguayan-American chemist and businessman (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Suzanne Farrington, English actress (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Joshua Fishman, American linguist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Daniel von Bargen, American actor (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Chris Welp, German-American basketball player and coach (b. 1964)

Holidays and observances

• Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland)
• Christian feast day:
  • Agnes Tsao Kou-ying (one of the Martyr Saints of China)
  • Albin
  • David
  • Monan
  • Suitbert
  • March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani’s Death (Iraqi Kurdistan)
• Earliest day on which Casimir Pulaski Day can fall, while March 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in March. (Illinois)
• Earliest day on which Children's Day can fall, while March 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in March. (New Zealand)
• Earliest day on which Grandmother's Day can fall, while March 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in March. (France)
• Earliest day on which Laetare Sunday can fall, while April 4 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent. (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
  • Carnaval de la Laetare (Stavelot)
  • Mothering Sunday (United Kingdom)
• Heroes' Day (Paraguay)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.
• March 1st Movement Remembrance Day or Samiljeol; 삼일절 (South Korea)
• National Pig Day (United States)
• Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands)
• Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant (Wales and Welsh communities)
• Self-injury Awareness Day
• Southeast Europe beginning of spring related observances:
  • Baba Marta Day (Bulgaria)
  • Mărțișor (Romania and Moldova)
• The final day (fourth or fifth) of Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'í Faith)
• World Civil Defence Day (international)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada