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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[537]] &ndash; [[Siege of Rome (537–38)|Siege of Rome]]: The [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogoth]] army under king [[Vitiges]] begins the [[siege]] of the capital. [[Belisarius]] conducts a delaying action outside the [[Piazza del Popolo|Flaminian Gate]]; he and a detachment of his ''[[bucellarii]]'' are almost cut off.<ref>{{cite book|last=Petersen|first=Leif Inge Ree|title=Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States, 400-800 AD: Byzantium, the West and Islam|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|date=2013|isbn=9789004251991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BRGaAAAAQBAJ|pages=503–505|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-date=2021-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103130442/https://books.google.com/books?id=BRGaAAAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[986]] &ndash; [[Louis V of France|Louis V]] becomes the last [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]] king of [[West Francia]] after the death of his father, [[Lothair of France|Lothaire]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Riché|first=Pierre|title=The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe|translator-last=Allen|translator-first=Michael Idomir|location=Philadelphia|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|date=1993|isbn=9780812230628|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tcjy7bCmFL0C|page=278|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421001031/https://books.google.com/books?id=Tcjy7bCmFL0C|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1331]] &ndash; Fall of Nicaea to the Ottoman Turks after a [[Siege of Nicaea (1328–1331)|siege]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Norwich, J.J.|author-link=John Julius Norwich|title=Byzantium: The Decline and Fall|publisher=Viking|location=London|year=1995|page=286|isbn=978-0-670-82377-2}}</ref>
*[[1444]] &ndash; [[Skanderbeg]] organizes a group of [[Albanians|Albanian]] nobles to form the [[League of Lezhë]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Frasheri|first=Kristo|title=The History of Albania: A Brief Survey|location=New York|publisher=Tirana|date=1964|oclc=1097794196|page=70}}</ref>
*[[1458]] &ndash; [[George of Poděbrady]] is chosen as the king of [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bretholz|first=Berthold|chapter=Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia Previous to Their Union with Austria in the Year 1562|title=The World's History: A Survey of Man's Record. Volume 5: South-Eastern and Eastern Europe|editor-last=Helmolt|editor-first=Hans F.|location=London|publisher=William Heinemann|date=1907|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LY4AQAAMAAJ|page=263}}</ref>
*[[1476]] &ndash; [[Burgundian Wars]]: The [[Old Swiss Confederacy]] hands [[Charles the Bold]], Duke of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]], a major defeat in the [[Battle of Grandson]] in [[Canton of Neuchâtel]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Vaughan|first=Richard|title=Charles the Bold: The Last Valois Duke of Burgundy|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.|publisher=The Boydell Press|date=2004|isbn=9780851159188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GsKuCHXRuPMC&q=Grandson|pages=365–378}}</ref>
*[[1484]] &ndash; The [[College of Arms]] is formally incorporated by [[Royal Charter]] signed by King [[Richard III of England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fox-Davies|first=Arthur Charles|title=The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopedia of Armory|location=London|publisher=T.C. & E.C. Jack|date=1904|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rfhYAAAAYAAJ|page=22}}</ref>
*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]]'s fleet visits the [[Island of Mozambique]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Frederick|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Historical Companion|editor-last=Paxton|editor-first=John|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Press|date=1988|isbn=9780312000479|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tu-uCwAAQBAJ|page=182|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2022-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203234157/https://books.google.com/books?id=Tu-uCwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1657]] &ndash; The [[Great Fire of Meireki]] begins in [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]] (now [[Tokyo]]), Japan, causing more than 100,000 deaths before it exhausts itself three days later.
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] militia units attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in and around the [[Savannah River]] by a small fleet of the [[Royal Navy]] in the [[Battle of the Rice Boats]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cashin|first=Edward J.|title=William Bartram and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier|location=Columbia, S.C.|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|date=2006|isbn=9781570036859|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgasE-BnX4IC|pages=218–223}}</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Claude Chappe]] demonstrates the first [[Optical telegraph|semaphore]] line near Paris.
*[[1797]] &ndash; The [[Bank of England]] [[Bank of England note issues|issues]] the first [[Banknotes of the pound sterling|one-pound]] and [[Banknotes of the pound sterling|two-pound]] [[banknote]]s.
*[[1807]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves]], disallowing the importation of new [[slavery|slaves]] into the country.
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Argentine War of Independence]]: A [[Spanish Empire|royalist]] fleet defeats a small [[flotilla]] of [[May Revolution|revolutionary]] ships in the [[Battle of San Nicolás]] on the [[Río de la Plata|River Plate]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; Signing of the [[Kandyan Convention]] treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the [[Kingdom of Kandy]].
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas Revolution]]: The [[Texas Declaration of Independence|Declaration of independence]] of the [[Republic of Texas]] from Mexico is adopted.
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] becomes [[Tsar]] of Russia.
*[[1859]] &ndash; The two-day [[The Great Slave Auction|Great Slave Auction]], once thought to be the largest such auction in [[United States]] history, begins.
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[East Cape War]]: The [[Völkner Incident]] in New Zealand.
*[[1867]] &ndash; The U.S. Congress passes the first [[Reconstruction Act]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] the winner of the [[1876 U.S. presidential election]] even though [[Samuel J. Tilden]] had won the popular vote.
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by [[Roderick Maclean]] in Windsor.

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[U.S. Steel|United States Steel Corporation]] is founded as a result of a merger between [[Carnegie Steel Company]] and [[Federal Steel Company]] which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
*  1901   &ndash; The U.S. Congress passes the [[Platt Amendment]] limiting the autonomy of [[Cuba]], as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
*[[1903]] &ndash; In New York City the [[Martha Washington Hotel]] opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
*[[1917]] &ndash; The enactment of the [[Jones–Shafroth Act]] grants [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Ricans]] United States citizenship.
*[[1919]] &ndash; The first [[Communist International]] meets in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=White |first=James D. |date=1994-01-01 |title=National communism and world revolution: The political consequences of German military withdrawal from the Baltic area in 1918–19 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09668139408412233 |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |volume=46 |issue=8 |pages=1349–1369 |doi=10.1080/09668139408412233 |issn=0966-8136}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; Finnish president [[P. E. Svinhufvud]] gives a radio speech, which four days later finally ends the [[Mäntsälä Rebellion]] and the far-right [[Lapua Movement]] that started it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/elavaarkisto/artikkelit/mantsalan_kapina_kukistettiin_radion_avulla_7041.html#media=7046|title=Mäntsälän kapina kukistettiin radion avulla|work=Elävä Arkisto|date=15 March 2010 |publisher=[[YLE]]|access-date=May 24, 2021|language=fi|archive-date=January 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113103057/http://yle.fi/elavaarkisto/artikkelit/mantsalan_kapina_kukistettiin_radion_avulla_7041.html#media=7046|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.vapaussota.fi/svinhufvud/puhe3.html P. E. Svinhufvud – Tasavallan presidentin julistus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303022441/https://www.vapaussota.fi/svinhufvud/puhe3.html |date=2021-03-03 }} (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; The film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' premieres in [[Radio City Music Hall]] and [[RKO Roxy Theatre|RKO Roxy]] in [[New York City]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lasky |first=Betty |title=RKO, the biggest little major of them all |date=1984 |publisher=Prentice-Hall |isbn=978-0-13-781451-0 |location=Englewood Cliffs, N.J}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Steel Workers Organizing Committee]] signs a [[collective bargaining]] agreement with [[U.S. Steel]], leading to unionization of the United States [[steel]] industry.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1939-03-03 |title=STRIKE IS AVERTED; Company Grants Same Benefits to Employe Representatives |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/03/03/94342478.html |access-date=2023-03-01}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] Eugenio Pacelli is [[1939 papal conclave|elected]] Pope and takes the name [[Pope Pius XII|Pius XII]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cianfarra |first=Camille M. |date=1939-03-03 |title=HAILED BY THRONGS; SCENES IN VATICAN CITY YESTERDAY AS EUGENIO CARDINAL PACELLI WAS ELECTED 262D POPE |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/03/archives/hailed-by-throngs-scenes-in-vatican-city-yesterday-as-eugenio.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: First German military units enter Bulgaria [[Military history of Bulgaria during World War II|after it joins the Axis Pact]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: During the [[Battle of the Bismarck Sea]] Allied aircraft defeated a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Captain (U.S. Air Force)|Captain]] James Gallagher lands his [[B-50 Superfortress]] ''[[Lucky Lady II]]'' in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waggoner |first=Walter H. |date=1949-03-03 |title=FIRST IN HISTORY; High Officials Greet the Plane as It Ends Hop at Fort Worth |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/03/03/archives/first-in-history-high-officials-greet-the-plane-as-it-ends-hop-at.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Norodom Sihanouk]], king of [[Cambodia]], abdicates the throne in favor of his father, [[Norodom Suramarit]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1955-03-03 |title=Cambodian King Abdicates Throne in Favor of Father; King of Cambodia Quits Throne; Turns Rule Over to His Father |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/03/03/archives/cambodian-king-abdicates-throne-in-favor-of-father-king-of-cambodia.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; In [[Myanmar|Burma]], the army led by General [[Ne Win]] seizes power in a ''[[1962 Burmese coup d'état|coup d'état]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1962-03-03 |title=Junta of 17 Is Governing Burma; Gen. Ne Win Defends Army Coup; Junta of 17 rules Burma after coup |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/03/archives/junta-of-17-is-governing-burma-gen-ne-win-defends-army-coup-junta.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Wilt Chamberlain]] sets the single-game scoring record in the [[National Basketball Association]] by [[Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game|scoring 100 points]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berkow |first=Ira |date=2002-07-02 |title=PRO BASKETBALL; A Footnote To History After 40 Years |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/02/sports/pro-basketball-a-footnote-to-history-after-40-years.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[United States Air Force|US]] and [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] begin [[Operation Rolling Thunder]], a sustained bombing campaign against [[North Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sheehan |first=Neil |date=1971-06-15 |title=Vietnam Archive: Study Tells How Johnson Secretly Opened Way to Ground Combat |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/15/archives/vietnam-archive-study-tells-how-johnson-secretly-opened-way-to.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Baggeridge Colliery]] closes marking the end of over 300 years of [[coal mining]] in the [[Black Country]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/articles/baggeridge2.htm |title=Closing of Baggeridge |access-date=2017-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719020401/http://www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/articles/baggeridge2.htm |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; In [[Toulouse]], France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French [[Concorde]] is conducted.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Witkin |first=Richard |date=1969-03-03 |title=Supersonic Concorde Airliner Successful in 28-Minute Maiden Flight; Concorde Makes a Successful 28-Minute Flight |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/03/archives/supersonic-concorde-airliner-successful-in-28minute-maiden-flight.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Rhodesia]] declares itself a [[republic]], breaking its last links with the British crown.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-03-03 |title=Rhodesia's First Day As a Republic Passes Quietly |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/03/archives/rhodesias-first-day-as-a-republic-passes-quietly.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; The [[Pioneer 10]] space probe is launched from [[Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]] with a mission to explore the outer [[planet]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1972-03-03 |title=Pioneer 10 begins flight to Jupiter |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/03/archives/pioneer-10-begins-flight-10-jupiter.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Libya]] becomes the [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi|Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]] as the [[General People's Congress (Libya)|General People's Congress]] adopted the "[[Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People]]".<ref>{{Cite news |date=1977-03-04 |title=Libya Reorganizes Government, Alters Its Title to 'Public' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/04/archives/libya-reorganizes-government-alters-its-title-to-public.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] [[Vladimír Remek]] becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into [[outer space|space]], when he is launched aboard [[Soyuz 28]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitney |first=Craig R. |date=1978-03-03 |title=Czech Is Orbited With Russian for Salyut Rendezvous |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/03/archives/new-jersey-pages-czech-is-orbited-with-russian-for-salyut.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; The late iconic actor [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The time Charlie Chaplin's corpse went missing |url=https://lwlies.com/articles/charlie-chaplin-body-stolen-1978/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Little White Lies |language=en |archive-date=2021-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305070418/https://lwlies.com/articles/charlie-chaplin-body-stolen-1978/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Compact disc]]s and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Troy |first1=Gil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=73BMCAAAQBAJ&dq=compact+discs+%22march+2%2C+1983%22&pg=PT13 |title=Living in the Eighties |last2=Cannato |first2=Vincent J. |date=2009-10-22 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-029323-9 |language=en}}</ref> They had previously been available only in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nyce |first=Caroline Mimbs |date=2016-03-02 |title=When CDs Launched in America |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/march-1983-cds-launch-in-america/624802/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight F-77]] crashes near [[Bugulma Airport]], killing all 38 people aboard.<ref name="B3A">{{cite web |title=Crash of an Antonov AN-24B in Bugulma: 38 killed |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-antonov-24b-bugulma-38-killed |website=B3A Archives}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; Twelve [[European Community]] nations agree to ban the production of all [[chlorofluorocarbon]]s (CFCs) by the end of the century.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitney |first=Craig R. |date=1989-03-03 |title=12. Europe nations to ban chemicals that harm Ozone |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/03/world/12-europe-nations-to-ban-chemicals-that-harm-ozone.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Nelson Mandela]] is elected deputy president of the [[African National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 1990 |title=Mandela elected ANC deputy president |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/03/03/mandela-elected-anc-deputy-president/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; Establishment of [[Kuwait Democratic Forum]], center-left political organization in [[Kuwait]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=taleea |date=2016-03-08 |title=25 عاما على تأسيس المنبر الديمقراطي.. الأمين العام بندر الخيران: فكرة "المنبر" جاءت في ظروف سياسية صعبة وغياب سيادة الدولة |url=https://altaleea.com/?p=16585 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=جريدة الطليعة |language=ar}}</ref>
*1991 &ndash; Battle at [[Rumaila oil field]] brings an end to the [[Gulf War|1991 Gulf War]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; Start of the [[Transnistria War|war in Transnistria]].
*  1992   &ndash; [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Moldova]], [[San Marino]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] and [[Uzbekistan]], all of which (except San Marino) were former [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]], join the [[United Nations]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; Researchers at [[Fermilab]] announce the discovery of the [[top quark]].
*1995   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] launches from the [[Kennedy Space Center]] on [[STS-67]], carrying the ASTRO-2 [[spacelab]] observatory.<ref name="NASA02">{{Cite web |date= |title=STS-67 Mission Archive |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-67.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029004712/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-67.html |archive-date=2009-10-29 |access-date=2012-01-02 |website=NASA}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; Data sent from the [[Galileo spacecraft]] indicates that [[Jupiter]]'s moon [[Europa (moon)|Europa]] has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]]: [[Operation Anaconda]] begins, (ending on [[March 19]] after killing 500 [[Taliban]] and [[al-Qaeda]] fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Iraq War|War in Iraq]]: [[Al-Qaeda]] carries out the [[Ashoura Massacre]] in [[Iraq]], killing 170 and wounding over 500.
*[[2006]] &ndash; In [[Monterrey]], [[Mexico]], a man identified as Diego Santoy Riveroll committed a double murder against two children, followed by an attempted murder of his ex-partner, Erika. The incident is popularly known as the [[Cumbres case]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cronica.com.mx/nacional/asesino-cumbres-doble-crimen-cimbro-mexico.html|title=El Asesino de Cumbres: el doble crimen que cimbró a México|date=2023-01-28|access-date=2024-09-04|website=Cronica|language=es}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012|tornado outbreak]] occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the [[Ohio Valley]] region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
*[[2017]] &ndash; The elements [[Moscovium]], [[Tennessine]], and [[Oganesson]] are officially added to the [[periodic table]] at a conference in [[Moscow|Moscow, Russia]].
*[[2022]] &ndash; Russian forces [[Battle of Kherson|capture the city of Kherson]] during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], which subsequently began the start of the [[Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast|Russian occupation and military-civilian administration]] in [[Kherson]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Schwirtz |first1=Michael |last2=Pérez-Peña |first2=Richard |date=2022-03-02 |title=First Ukraine City Falls as Russia Strikes More Civilian Targets |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/kherson-ukraine-russia.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303000108/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/kherson-ukraine-russia.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Kherson is the only regional capital in Ukraine that Russia captured.

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[480]] &ndash; [[Benedict of Nursia]], Italian Christian saint (d. 543 or 547)
*[[1316]] &ndash; [[Robert II of Scotland]] (d. 1390)
*[[1409]] &ndash; [[Jean II, Duke of Alençon]] (d. 1476)
*[[1432]] &ndash; [[Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach]], countess consort of Hanau (d. 1457)
*[[1453]] &ndash; [[Johannes Engel]], German doctor, astronomer and astrologer (d. 1512)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Trimble |first1=Virginia |last2=Williams |first2=Thomas R. |last3=Bracher |first3=Katherine |last4=Jarrell |first4=Richard |last5=Marché |first5=Jordan D. |last6=Ragep |first6=F. Jamil |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=18 September 2007 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-387-30400-7 |page=339 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&pg=PA339 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1459]] &ndash; [[Pope Adrian VI]] (d. 1523)<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrian VI {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adrian-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416164132/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adrian-VI |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1481]] &ndash; [[Franz von Sickingen]], German knight (d. 1523)
*[[1545]] &ndash; [[Thomas Bodley]], English diplomat and scholar, founded the [[Bodleian Library]] (d. 1613)
*[[1577]] &ndash; [[George Sandys]], English traveller, colonist and poet (d. 1644)

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Cornelis Speelman]], Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1684)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Carlo Gimach]], Maltese architect, engineer and poet (d. 1730)
*[[1705]] &ndash; [[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield]], Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1793)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Pocock]], English naval painter (d. 1821)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Camille Desmoulins]], French journalist and politician (d. 1794)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[DeWitt Clinton]], American lawyer and politician, 6th [[Governor of New York]] (d. 1828)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Louis-Gabriel Suchet]], French general (d. 1826)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Joel Roberts Poinsett]], American physician and politician, 15th [[United States Secretary of War]] (d. 1851)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Sam Houston]], American soldier and politician, 1st [[President of the Republic of Texas]] (d. 1863)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Yevgeny Baratynsky]], Russian-Italian poet and philosopher (d. 1844)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo XIII]] (d. 1903)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Alexander Bullock]], American lawyer and politician, 26th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1882)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[János Arany]], Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1882)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Multatuli]], Dutch writer (d. 1887)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Bedřich Smetana]], Czech pianist and composer (d. 1884)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Carl Schurz]], German-American general, lawyer, and politician, 13th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (d. 1906)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Henry Billings Brown]], American lawyer and judge (d. 1913)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Carl Jacobsen]], Danish brewer, art collector, and philanthropist (d. 1914)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Marie Roze]], French soprano (d. 1926)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Robert Means Thompson]], American commander, lawyer, and businessman (d. 1930)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Sholem Aleichem]], Ukrainian-American author and playwright (d. 1916)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Susanna M. Salter]], American activist and politician (d. 1961)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[John Jay Chapman]], American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1933)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Julien Félix]], French military officer and aviator (d. 1914)<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554320t/f16.image.r=F%C3%A9lix.langFR "La Mort Du Commandant Félix"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603050142/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554320t/f16.image.r=F%C3%A9lix.langFR |date=2021-06-03 }} ''La Revue Aérienne'' (June 25, 1914, p. 342) via [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|BnF]]; retrieved April 7, 2021</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[James A. Gilmore]], American businessman and baseball executive (d. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/james-gilmore/|title=James Gilmore – Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2021-06-18|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195454/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/james-gilmore/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1876   &ndash; [[Pope Pius XII]] (d. 1958)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[René Vallon]], French aviator (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite book
 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9808029q/f218.item.texteImage
 |last=Dépagniat 
 |first=Roger 
 |language=French
 |title=Les Martyrs de l'Aviation
 |trans-title=The Martyrs of Aviation
 |publisher=E. Basset and Co.
 |location=Paris
 |date=1912
}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Willis H. O'Brien]], American animator and director (d. 1962)
*  1886   &ndash; [[Kurt Grelling]], German logician and philosopher (d. 1942)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Kurt Weill]], German-American pianist and composer (d. 1950)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Grete Hermann]], German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1984)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Moe Berg]], American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 2: Nathalie Emmanuel, Luke Combs |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/02/Famous-birthdays-for-March-2-Nathalie-Emmanuel-Luke-Combs/2701677717821/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=1 March 2024 |date=2 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1902   &ndash; [[Edward Condon]], American physicist and academic (d. 1974)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Dr. Seuss]], American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (d. 1991)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Marc Blitzstein]], American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Geoffrey Grigson]], English poet and critic (d. 1985)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Walter Bruch]], German engineer (d. 1990)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Mel Ott]], American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1958)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Henry Katzman]], American pianist, composer, and painter (d. 2001)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Godfried Bomans]], Dutch television host and author (d. 1971)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Mort Cooper]], American baseball player (d. 1958)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Martin Ritt]], American actor and film director (d. 1990)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[John Burton (diplomat)|John Burton]], Australian public servant and diplomat, [[List of Australian High Commissioners to Sri Lanka|Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon]] (d. 2010)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Desi Arnaz]], Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1986)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1917   &ndash; [[David Goodis]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1967)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Jim Konstanty]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Jones]], American actress (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1919   &ndash; [[Eddie Lawrence]], American actor, singer, and playwright (d. 2014)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Tamara Toumanova]], Russian-American ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Kazimierz Górski]], Polish footballer and coach (d. 2006)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Ernst Haas]], Austrian-American photographer and journalist (d. 1986)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]], American saxophonist (d. 1986)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Bill Quackenbush]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1999)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Frances Spence]], American computer programmer (d. 2012)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Basil Hume]], English cardinal (d. 1999)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Robert H. Michel]], American soldier and politician (d. 2017)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Dave Strack]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Cal Abrams]], American baseball player (d. 1997)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Renos Apostolidis]], Greek philologist, author, and critic (d. 2004)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Bernard Agré]], Ivorian cardinal (d. 2014)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Murray Rothbard]], American economist and historian (d. 1995)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Roger Walkowiak]], French cyclist and economist (d. 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7231|title=Roger Thomas Walkowiak|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2021-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325232926/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7231|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[John Cullum]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Emma Penella]], Spanish actress (d. 2007)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Tom Wolfe]], American journalist and author (d. 2018)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final [[List of leaders of the Soviet Union|leader]] of the [[Soviet Union]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2022)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Gun Hägglund]], Swedish journalist and translator (d. 2011)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Leo and Diane Dillon|Leo Dillon]], American illustrator (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Leo Dillon, Celebrated Illustrator of Children's Books, Is Dead at 79|work=The New York Times|date=May 30, 2012|accessdate=February 1, 2024|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/books/leo-dillon-illustrator-of-childrens-books-dies-at-79.html}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Howard Cassady]], American football player (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Howard Cassady |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/2543774/howard-albert-cassady |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Dottie Rambo]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Gene Stallings]], American football player and coach
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Haroon Ahmed]], Pakistani-English engineer and academic
*  1936   &ndash; [[John Tusa]], Czech-English journalist and academic
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], Algerian soldier and politician, 5th [[President of Algeria]] (d. 2021)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Clark Gesner]], American author and composer (d. 2002)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Ricardo Lagos]], Chilean economist, lawyer, and politician, 33rd [[President of Chile]]
*  1938   &ndash; [[Lawrence Payton]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1997)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Jan Howard Finder]], American author and academic (d. 2013)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Billy McNeill]], Scottish footballer (d. 2019)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[John Cornell]], Australian actor, director, and producer (d. 2021)
*  1941   &ndash; [[David Satcher]], American admiral and physician, 16th [[Surgeon General of the United States]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[John Irving]], American novelist and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942)|Claude Larose]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1942   &ndash; [[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]], Iranian architect and politician, 79th [[Prime Minister of Iran]]
*  1942   &ndash; [[Lou Reed]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 2013)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Derek Woodley]], English footballer (d. 2002)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[George Layton]], English actor, director, and screenwriter
*  1943 &ndash; [[Peter Straub]], American author and poet (d. 2022)
*  1943 &ndash; [[Robert Williams (artist)|Robert Williams]], American painter and cartoonist
*  [[1944]] – [[Leif Segerstam]], Finnish conductor and composer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |date=October 16, 2024 |title=Leif Segerstam, Who Wrote 371 Symphonies, Is Dead at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/arts/music/leif-segerstam-dead.html |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Derek Watkins (trumpeter)|Derek Watkins]], English trumpet player and composer (d. 2013)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[John Dawkins]], Australian politician<ref name=aph>{{cite web| title=Biography for Dawkins, the Hon. John Sydney
|publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]]| url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2F9E4%22;querytype=;rec=0 |access-date=23 January 2010}}</ref> 
*  1947   &ndash; [[Nelson Ned]], Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Harry Redknapp]], English footballer and manager
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Larry Carlton]], American guitarist and songwriter
*  1948   &ndash; [[Rory Gallagher]], Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1995)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Jeff Kennett]], Australian journalist and politician, 43rd [[Premier of Victoria]]
*  1948   &ndash; [[Carmen Lawrence]], Australian politician, 25th [[Premier of Western Australia]]
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Karen Carpenter]], American singer (d. 1983)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Mark Evanier]], American author and screenwriter
*  1952   &ndash; [[Laraine Newman]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Russ Feingold]], American lawyer and politician
*  1953   &ndash; [[Kazuo Kitagawa]], Japanese politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |publisher=[[Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei]] |url=http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumidaijin/040927/10kitagawa_e.html |access-date=3 February 2024 |archive-date=20 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220115405/http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumidaijin/040927/10kitagawa_e.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Ed Johnstone]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Dale Bozzio]], American pop-rock singer-songwriter
*  1955   &ndash; [[Jay Osmond]], American singer, drummer, actor, and TV/film producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Ken Salazar]], American lawyer and politician, 50th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]
*  1955   &ndash; [[Steve Small]], Australian cricketer
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[John Cowsill]], American musician, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1956   &ndash; [[Mark Evans (musician)|Mark Evans]], Australian rock bass player
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Mark Dean (computer scientist)|Mark Dean]], American inventor and computer engineer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Hossein Dehghan]], Iranian general and politician, [[Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)|Iranian Minister of Defense]]
*  1957   &ndash; [[Dito Tsintsadze]], Georgian film director and screenwriter
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Kevin Curren]], South African-American tennis player
*  1958   &ndash; [[Ian Woosnam]], English-Welsh golfer
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Larry Stewart (singer)|Larry Stewart]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Simone Young]], Australian conductor, director, and composer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Jon Bon Jovi]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 2, 2023 includes celebrities Daniel Craig, Bryce Dallas Howard |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-2-2023-includes-celebrities-daniel-craig-bryce-dallas-howard.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=1 March 2024 |date=2 March 2023}}</ref> 
*  1962   &ndash; [[Paul Farrelly]], English journalist and politician
*  1962   &ndash; [[Tom Nordlie]], Norwegian footballer and coach
*  1962   &ndash; [[Brendan O'Connor (politician)|Brendan O'Connor]], Australian politician, [[Minister for Employment (Australia)|Australian Minister for Employment]]
*  1962   &ndash; [[Raimo Summanen]], Finnish ice hockey player and coach
*  1962   &ndash; [[Gabriele Tarquini]], Italian race car driver
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Anthony Albanese]], Australian politician, 31st [[Prime Minister of Australia]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Alvin Youngblood Hart]], American singer and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Laird Hamilton]], American surfer and actor
*  1964   &ndash; [[Mike Von Erich]], American wrestler (d. 1987)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Ron Gant]], American baseball player and journalist
*  1965   &ndash; [[Lembit Öpik]], Northern Irish politician
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Ann Leckie]], American author 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Simon Reevell]], English lawyer and politician
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Daniel Craig]], English actor and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[James Purnell]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]]
*  1970   &ndash; [[Ciriaco Sforza]], Swiss footballer and manager
*  1970   &ndash; [[Wibi Soerjadi]], Dutch pianist and composer
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Roman Čechmánek]], Czech ice hockey player (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Roman Cechmanek |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/roman-cechmanek-8468651 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Dave Gorman]], English comedian, author and television presenter
*  1971   &ndash; [[Method Man]], American rapper, record producer and actor<ref name="UPI"/> 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mauricio Pochettino]], Argentinian footballer and manager
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Dejan Bodiroga]], Serbian basketball player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Trevor Sinclair]], English footballer and manager
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Hayley Lewis]], Australian swimmer and television host
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Daryl Gibson]], New Zealand rugby player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Dominique Canty]], American basketball player and coach
*  1977   &ndash; [[Chris Martin]], English singer-songwriter ([[Coldplay]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Latest Coldplay News |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/coldplay/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227022423/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/coldplay/ |archive-date=27 February 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Capital FM |type=Press the "View More" button on the "Facts" column}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Heather McComb]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Stephen Parry (swimmer)|Stephen Parry]], English swimmer and sportscaster
*  1977   &ndash; [[Andrew Strauss]], South African-English cricketer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Jim Chalmers]], Australian politician<ref>{{Cite Au Parliament |name=Dr Jim Chalmers MP |mpid=37998 |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> 
*  1978   &ndash; [[Gabby Eigenmann]], Filipino actor and singer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Lee Hodges (footballer, born 1978)|Lee Hodges]], English footballer and manager
*  1978   &ndash; [[Sebastian Janikowski]], Polish gridiron football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastian Janikowski |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2148/sebastian-janikowski |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Tomáš Kaberle]], Czech ice hockey player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Damien Duff]], Irish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=10515|title=Damien Duff|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910162451/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=10515|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Jim Troughton]], English cricketer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Nicky Weaver]], English footballer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chris Barker]], English footballer and manager (d. 2020)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Rebel Wilson]], Australian actress and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Lance Cade]], American wrestler (d. 2010)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Bryce Dallas Howard]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Kevin Kurányi]], German footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Henrik Lundqvist]], Swedish ice hockey player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Joel Lundqvist]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joel Lundqvist |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/joel-lundqvist-8468548 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Ben Roethlisberger]], American football player<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Corey Webster]], American football player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Deuce (singer)|Deuce]], American singer-songwriter and producer 
*  1983   &ndash; [[Lisandro López (footballer, born 1983)|Lisandro López]], Argentine footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Jay McClement]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Glen Perkins]], American baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Ryan Shannon]], American ice hockey player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Ericsson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Ericsson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jonathan-ericsson-8470318 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Reggie Bush]], American football player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Robert Iler]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Suso Santana]], Spanish footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Jonathan D'Aversa]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Jason Smith (basketball, born 1986)|Jason Smith]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201160/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Jonas Jerebko]], Swedish basketball player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Édgar Andrade]], Mexican footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[James Arthur]], English singer-songwriter
*  1988   &ndash; [[Laura Kaeppeler]], American beauty queen, [[Miss America 2012]]
*  1988   &ndash; [[Matthew Mitcham]], Australian diver
*  1988   &ndash; [[Dexter Pittman]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dexter Pittman |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202354/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Geert Arend Roorda]], Dutch footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Toby Alderweireld]], Belgian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=55787|title=Toby Alderweireld|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907183032/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=55787|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Alemão (footballer, born 1989)|Alemão]], Brazilian footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Nathalie Emmanuel]], English actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tonks |first1=Andrea |title=Nathalie Emmanuel: Game Of Thrones star celebrates her 30th birthday with Vin Diesel |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1095262/Nathalie-Emmanuel-Game-Of-Thrones-Vin-Diesel-birthday-party-pictures-age-30-news-latest |publisher=[[Daily Express]] |access-date=17 February 2023 |date=4 March 2019}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Marcel Hirscher]], Austrian skier
*  1989   &ndash; [[André Bernardes Santos]], Portuguese footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Shane Vereen]], American football player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Chris Woakes]], English cricketer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Rauno Alliku]], Estonian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Malcolm Butler]], American football player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Luke Combs]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Beautiful crazy birthday for Luke Combs |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/worcester/2019/03/03/beautiful-crazy-birthday-for-luke-combs-in-worcester/53231832007/ |publisher=[[Telegram & Gazette]] |access-date=17 February 2023 |date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Tiger Shroff]], Indian actor
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Nick Franklin (baseball)|Nick Franklin]], American baseball player
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Charlie Coyle]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie Coyle Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/charlie-coyle-8475745 |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Nicolás Brussino]], Argentine-Italian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicolas Brussino |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627852/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Adolis García]], Cuban baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adolis García #53 - Texas Rangers |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/adolis-garcia-666969 |website=mlb.com |access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Miguel Andújar]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Miguel Andujar |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/miguel-andujar-609280 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Max Domi]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Domi |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/max-domi-8477503 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Ange-Freddy Plumain]], French footballer
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Becky G]], American singer and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Jin Longguo]], Chinese singer based in South Korea<ref>{{cite web|work=MK스포츠|date=2 March 2018|access-date=17 March 2025|language=ko|title=[똑똑SNS] JBJ 김용국, 오늘(2일) 23번째 생일…앙증맞은 어린시절 ‘꽃이야’|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/entertain/8212739}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Arike Ogunbowale]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Arike Ogunbowale |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1629481/arike-ogunbowale |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Tua Tagovailoa]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tua Tagovailoa |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241479/tua-tagovailoa |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Isiah Pacheco]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Isiah Pacheco |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361529/isiah-pacheco |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Windy Zhan]], Hong Kong singer and actress<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-12|title=獨家丨詹天文讚張馳豪演大哥無違和感 兄妹病牀前訴衷情勁考演技|url=https://www.stheadline.com/entertainment-live/3036010/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E4%B8%A8%E8%A9%B9%E5%A4%A9%E6%96%87%E8%AE%9A%E5%BC%B5%E9%A6%B3%E8%B1%AA%E6%BC%94%E5%A4%A7%E5%93%A5%E7%84%A1%E9%81%95%E5%92%8C%E6%84%9F-%E5%85%84%E5%A6%B9%E7%97%85%E7%89%80%E5%89%8D%E8%A8%B4%E8%A1%B7%E6%83%85%E5%8B%81%E8%80%83%E6%BC%94%E6%8A%80|access-date=14 May 2023|website=[[Headline Daily]]|language=zh-HK|archive-date=14 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514081001/https://www.stheadline.com/entertainment-live/3036010/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E4%B8%A8%E8%A9%B9%E5%A4%A9%E6%96%87%E8%AE%9A%E5%BC%B5%E9%A6%B3%E8%B1%AA%E6%BC%94%E5%A4%A7%E5%93%A5%E7%84%A1%E9%81%95%E5%92%8C%E6%84%9F-%E5%85%84%E5%A6%B9%E7%97%85%E7%89%80%E5%89%8D%E8%A8%B4%E8%A1%B7%E6%83%85%E5%8B%81%E8%80%83%E6%BC%94%E6%8A%80 }}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne]]
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[274]] &ndash; [[Mani (prophet)|Mani]], Persian prophet and founder of Manichaeism (b. 216)
* [[672]] &ndash; [[Chad of Mercia]], English bishop and saint (b. 634)
* [[968]] &ndash; [[William (archbishop of Mainz)|William]], archbishop of Mainz (b. 929)
* [[986]] &ndash; [[Lothair of France|Lothair]], king of West Francia (b. 941)
*[[1009]] &ndash; [[Mokjong of Goryeo|Mokjong]], king of Goryeo (b. 980)
*[[1127]] &ndash; [[Charles I, Count of Flanders|Charles the Good]], [[Count]] of [[Flanders]] (b. 1084)<ref>{{cite book |title=King Stephen |first=Ralph Henry Carless |last=Davies |publisher=Routledge |year=1997 |page=10}}</ref>
*[[1316]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Bruce]], Scottish daughter of [[Robert the Bruce]] (b. 1296)
*[[1333]] &ndash; [[Władysław I the Elbow-high|Wladyslaw I]], king of Poland (b. 1261)
*[[1589]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)|Alessandro Farnese]], Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1520)

===1601–1900===
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Anne of Denmark]], queen of Scotland (b. 1574)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Francesco Bianchini]], Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon|Louis de Rouvroy]], French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[John Wesley]], English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Carl Gustaf Pilo]], Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Horace Walpole]], English historian and politician (b. 1717)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez]], Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)<ref>{{cite web |title=Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ortiz-de-dominguez-josefa-c-1768-1829 |website=encyclopedia.com |access-date=2018-09-24 |archive-date=2018-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924105819/https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ortiz-de-dominguez-josefa-c-1768-1829 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring]], German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers]], German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]], Russian emperor (b. 1796)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Ulric Dahlgren]], American colonel (b. 1842)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Carl Sylvius Völkner]], German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[John Benjamin Macneill]], Irish engineer (b. 1790)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Berthe Morisot]], French painter (b. 1841)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=11|year=2001|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-070-5|page=448}}</ref>
*  1895   &ndash; [[Isma'il Pasha]], Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Jubal Early]], American general (b. 1816)

===1901–present===
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Champ Clark]], American lawyer and politician, 41st [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1850)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[D. H. Lawrence]], English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Ben Harney]], American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Howard Carter]], English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Gisela Januszewska]], Austrian physician (b.1867)<ref>{{cite book|first=Ingrid|last=Arias|title=Im Dienste der Volksgesundheit: Frauen - Gesundheitswesen - Nationalsozialismus|trans-title=In the Service of Public Health: Women, Healthcare, Nazism|location=Vienna|publisher=Verlagshaus der Ärzte|year=2006|page=87|isbn=978-3-90148-886-3|language=DE}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Ida Maclean]], British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the [[Chemical Society|London Chemical Society]] (b. 1877)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HftdjMNDvwIC&pg=PA190|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|last1=Haines|first1=Catharine M. C.|last2=Stevens|first2=Helen M.|date=2001|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781576070901|pages=189–190|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Emily Carr]], Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Fidél Pálffy]], Hungarian politician, [[Minister of Agriculture (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Agriculture]] (b. 1895)
*  1946   &ndash; [[George E. Stewart]], American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1872)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels]], Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Sarojini Naidu]], Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[James Lightbody]], American runner (b. 1882)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Selim Sırrı Tarcan]], Turkish educator and politician (b. 1874)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Fred Merkle]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin]], Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[José Martínez Ruiz]], Spanish author and critic (b. 1873)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Léo-Ernest Ouimet]], Canadian director and producer (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite web |title=Léo-Ernest Ouimet (1877-1972) |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/culture/clmhc-hsmbc/res/information-backgrounder/LeoErnestOuimet |website=[[Parks Canada]] |access-date=17 October 2021 |date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117141334/https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/culture/clmhc-hsmbc/res/information-backgrounder/LeoErnestOuimet |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Eugénie Brazier]], French chef (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jean Pierre|last=Gutton|title=Les Lyonnais dans l'Histoire|location=Toulouse|publisher=Privat|year=1985|language=FR|page=196|isbn=978-2-70899-402-7}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Christy Ring]], Irish hurler (b. 1920)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Philip K. Dick]], American philosopher and author (b. 1928)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Randolph Scott]], American actor and director (b. 1898)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Lolo Soetoro]], Indonesian geographer and academic (b. 1935)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Serge Gainsbourg]], French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (b. 1928)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sandy Dennis]], American actress (b. 1937)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Anita Morris]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1943)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Dusty Springfield]], English singer (b. 1939)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Sandra Schmirler]], Canadian curler (b. 1963)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Hank Ballard]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Malcolm Williamson]], Australian pianist and composer (b. 1931)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Cormac McAnallen]], Irish footballer (b. 1980)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Mercedes McCambridge]], American actress (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- no byline --> |title=Mercedes McCambridge, 87, Actress Known for Strong Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/18/arts/mercedes-mccambridge-87-actress-known-for-strong-roles.html |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=18 March 2004 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=7 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107150223/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/18/arts/mercedes-mccambridge-87-actress-known-for-strong-roles.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Marge Schott]], American businesswoman (b. 1928)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Martin Denny]], American pianist and composer (b. 1911)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Thomas S. Kleppe]], American soldier and politician, 41st [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (b. 1919)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Clem Labine]], American baseball player (b. 1926)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Ivan Safronov]], Russian colonel and journalist (b. 1956)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Henri Troyat]], Russian-French historian and author (b. 1911)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Jeff Healey]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[João Bernardo Vieira]], Bissau-Guinean politician, [[President of Guinea-Bissau]] (b. 1939)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Winston Churchill (1940–2010)|Winston Churchill]], English journalist and politician (b. 1940)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Anthony]], South African environmentalist, explorer, and author (b. 1950)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Van T. Barfoot]], American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1919)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Norman St John-Stevas]], English academic and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (b. 1929)
*  2012   &ndash; [[James Q. Wilson]], American political scientist and academic (b. 1931)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Peter Harvey]], Australian journalist (b. 1944)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Giorgos Kolokithas]], Greek basketball player (b. 1945)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Shabnam Shakeel]], Pakistani poet and author (b. 1942)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Ryhor Baradulin]], Belarusian poet and translator (b. 1935)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Dean Hess]], American minister and colonel (b. 1917)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Dave Mackay]], Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Mal Peet]], English author and illustrator (b. 1947)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Benoît Lacroix]], Canadian priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1915)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Aubrey McClendon]], American businessman (b. 1959)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Billy Herrington]], American actor (b. 1969)
*  2018   &ndash; [[Lin Hu (general)|Lin Hu]], Chinese lieutenant general (b. 1927)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Mike Oliver (disability advocate)|Mike Oliver]], British sociologist, disability rights activist (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/19/mike-oliver-obituary|title=Mike Oliver obituary-Academic and disability rights campaigner|website=The Guardian|date=2019-03-19|access-date=2019-03-25|archive-date=2019-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325102124/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/19/mike-oliver-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Janice Burgess]], American television executive, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/03/janice-burgess-creator-of-the-backyardigans-dies-age-72|title=Janice Burgess, Nickelodeon Exec and Creator of 'The Backyardigans,' Dies Age 72|work=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=March 5, 2024}}</ref>
*  2024   &ndash; [[Jaclyn Jose]], Filipino actress (b. 1963)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Villeza|first=Mark Ernest|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/03/05/2338162/jaclyn-jose-dies-heart-attack|title=Jaclyn Jose dies of heart attack|work=[[The Philippine Star]]|date=March 5, 2024|access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Armed Forces Day#Sri Lanka|Air Force Day]] ([[Sri Lanka]])
*[[Baloch people#Baloch culture|Baloch Culture Day]] ([[Balochistan]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Agnes of Bohemia]]
**[[Angela of the Cross]]
**[[Blessed Charles the Good, Count of Flanders]]
**[[Chad of Mercia]] ([[Catholic Church]], [[Anglican Communion]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]])
**[[John Maron]] 
**[[March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the [[Baháʼí calendar]] ([[Baháʼí Faith]]) and first day of the Baháʼí [[Nineteen Day Fast]]
*[[National Education Association#Read Across America Day|National Read Across America Day]] ([[United States]])<ref>Biden, Joseph. [https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/03/01/a-proclamation-on-read-across-america-day-2021/ "A Proclamation on Read Across America Day, 2021"], [[The White House]], March 2, 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Aspegren | first=Elinor | title='Read Across America Day,' once synonymous with Dr. Seuss, is diversifying. Here's why things have changed. | website=USA TODAY | date=March 2, 2021 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/03/01/read-across-america-day-dr-seuss-diversity-racism/6878454002/ | access-date=March 2, 2021 | archive-date=March 2, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302033542/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/03/01/read-across-america-day-dr-seuss-diversity-racism/6878454002/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Peasants' Day]] ([[Myanmar]])
*[[Texas Independence Day]]
*[[Adwa Victory Day]] ([[Ethiopia]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=2}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/2 Historical Events on March 2]

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