March 15

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Events

Pre-1600

474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce.<ref>Fasti Triumphales</ref>
44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
493 – Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
856 – Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
897 – Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya enters Sa'dah and founds the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen.<ref>Template:EI2</ref>
933 – After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1311 – Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the jizya tax on non-Muslim subjects.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1626 – a dam failure causes the sudden flooding of the mining city of Potosí in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic mercury into the environment.<ref name=frances>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1672 – King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1783 – In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful, and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1820 – Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1823 – Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1874 – France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1875 – Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1877 – First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – The Lobau bombing is one of the first attacks of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1894 – Madeleine bombing by Désiré Pauwels during the Ère des attentats.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1907 – The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1918 – Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1919 – The American Legion is founded.
1921 – Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1922 – After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1939 – Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1939 – Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but is annexed by Hungary the next day.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1943 – World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – Iranian oil industry is nationalized.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1961 – At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1986 – Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1991 – Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2008 – Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011 – Beginning of the Syrian revolution.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1493 – Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (d. 1567)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1516 – Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (d. 1550)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1582 – Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (d. 1645)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1591 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary (d. 1660)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1638 – Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1666 – George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (d. 1738)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1754 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (d. 1842)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1779 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1790 – Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic (d. 1861)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1791 – Charles Knight, English author and publisher (d. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1809 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia (d. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1813 – John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist (d. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1821 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist (d. 1895)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1821 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian and author (d. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1824 – Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (d. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1830 – Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1830 – Élisée Reclus, French geographer and anarchist (d. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1831 – Saint Daniele Comboni, Italian missionary and saint (d. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1835 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1838 – Karl Davydov, Russian cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1851 – John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1845 – Hallie Quinn Brown, African-American educator, writer and activist (d. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1851 – William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (d. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1852 – Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish landowner, playwright, and translator (d. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1854 – Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1857 – Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1858 – Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science (d. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1866 – Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician (d. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
1868 – Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1869 – Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (d. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1874 – Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1878 – Reza Shah, Iranian Shah (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1879 – Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist (d. 1963)<ref>Announcements, Science, New Series, volume 139, number 3557, pp. 818–819, March 1963</ref>
1886 – Gerda Wegener, Danish artist (d. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1897 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1900 – Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1904 – George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1904 – J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1905 – Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1907 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1912 – Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1913 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1913 – Jack Fairman, English race car driver (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1916 – Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1916 – Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, President of Kosovo (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1916 – Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (d. 1983)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1918 – Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1918 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1919 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1920 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1921 – Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1924 – Khyber Khan, Pakistani pilot and former Deputy Chief of Air Staff of the PAF (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1926 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (d. 1983)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1927 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1927 – Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 697</ref>
1928 – Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1930 – Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1932 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1933 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1934 – Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1935 – Judd Hirsch, American actor<ref name=Chase2022 />
1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1937 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1939 – Ted Kaufman, American politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1939 – Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1939 – Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (d. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1940 – Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1940 – Phil Lesh, American bassist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1941 – Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name=Chase2022 />
1941 – Song Zhenzhong, child internee and revolutionary martyr (d. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1943 – David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Sly Stone, American musician and record producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1946 – John Dempsey, English-Irish footballer and manager (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1947 – Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – Kate Bornstein, American author and activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1954 – Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Henry Marsh, American runner and businessman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Craig Wasson, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Mickey Hatcher, American baseball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Mohsin Khan, Pakistani cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter<ref name=Chase2022 />
1957 – Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1957 – Park Overall, American actress and activist<ref name="AP"/>
1957 – Steve Witkoff, American real estate investor, former lawyer, and diplomat<ref>"Who is Steve Witkoff? The United States Special Envoy to the Middle East," BBN Times.</ref>
1959 – Harold Baines, American baseball player<ref name=Chase2022 />
1959 – Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Fabio Lanzoni, Italian-American model and actor<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1959 – Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1959 – Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961 – Terry Cummings, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1963 – Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality<ref name=Chase2022 />
1964 – Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Marco Van Hees, Belgian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Chris Bruno, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1967 – Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist and creator of Sailor Moon<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1968 – Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter<ref name=Chase2022 />
1968 – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Kim Raver, American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
1969 – Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Derek Parra, American speed skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Joanne Wise, English long jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Holger Stromberg, German chef<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1974 – Robert Fick, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress<ref name=Chase2022>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Cara Pifko, Canadian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist<ref name="AP"/>
1977 – Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
1977 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian military officer (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater<ref name="UPI"/>
1979 – Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Freddie Bynum, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Young Buck, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Jens Salumäe, Estonian skier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Kenyan runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Umut Bulut, Turkish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Kostas Kaimakoglou, Greek basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Golda Marcus, Salvadoran swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Yo Yo Honey Singh, Indian rapper, producer, and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Badradine Belloumou, French-Algerian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Eva Amurri, American actress<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Jon Jay, American baseball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Kellan Lutz, American actor and model<ref name="AP"/>
1986 – Jai Courtney, Australian actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Jannik Hansen, Danish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Eric Decker, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Lil Dicky, American rapper, comedian, and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Sam Baldock, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Gil Roberts, American sprinter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Sandro, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Caitlin Wachs, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1990 – Nick Ahmed, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Tavon Austin, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – JD McDonagh, Irish professional wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Xavier Henry, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Trayce Thompson, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Devonta Freeman, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Alia Bhatt, British actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993 – Michael Fulmer, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Taylor Heinicke, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Matt Gay, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Scott Seiss, American comedian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Jabari Parker, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Jinjin, South Korean singer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001 – Ellie Leach, English actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Quinn Ewers, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Isaiah Bond, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

44 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (b. 100 BC)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
220 – Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesman<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
493 – Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (b. 433)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
963 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
990 – Siegfried I (the Older), German nobleman<ref name="hz_1">Template:Cite journal</ref>
1124 – Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1190 – Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (b. 1170)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1311 – Walter V, Count of Brienne<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1536 – Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1493)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1575 – Annibale Padovano, Italian organist and composer (b. 1527)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1673 – Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1711 – Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1645)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1820 – Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)<ref name=Hofbauer>Template:Cite web</ref>
1842 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1848 – Johan Jakob Nervander, Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (b. 1805)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1891 – Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1897 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1898 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1921 – Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1925 – Sam Dreben, American soldier and mercenary (b. 1878)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1927 – Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Dictionary of Australian Biography</ref>
1937 – H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Rachel Field, American author and poet (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1948 – Imanuel Lauster, German engineer (b. 1873)<ref name="Sass_1962_521">Template:Citation</ref>
1959 – Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1966 – Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1970 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – René Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Rebecca West, English author and critic (b. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1990 – Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 180</ref>
1997 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Paul Stojanovich, American television producer, created World's Wildest Police Videos (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Philippe Lemaire, French actor (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2007 – Charles Harrelson, American murderer (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (b. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 – Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a pilot's license. (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010 – Kazim al-Samawi, Iraqi poet (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (b. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011 – Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (b. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 – Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, Governor of Washington (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013 – Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (b. 1963)<ref>Wilson 2016, p. 497</ref>
2013 – Peter Worsley, English sociologist (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (b. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Collins Chabane, South African politician (b. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2015 – Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Mike Porcaro, American bass player (b. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (b. 1948)<ref>Larry DiTillio, co-creator of She-Ra and well-known genre TV writer has passed away, Syfy.com 17 March 2019. Accessed on 18 March 2019.</ref>
2020 – Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (b. 1935)<ref>Obituary, Barbara Gustern, The New York Times, March 24, 2022</ref>
2025 – Wings Hauser, American actor (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Nita Lowey, American politician (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer (b. 1938)<ref name="ABP">Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

Ancient Roman religious observance:
- Ides of March<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Christian feast day:
- Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Clement Mary Hofbauer<ref name=Hofbauer />
- Leocritia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Saint Longinus<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Louise de Marillac<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Belarus)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
International Day To Combat Islamophobia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday (Liberia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
World Consumer Rights Day (International)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Youth Day (Palau)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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References

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