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[[Calendar (New Style) Act 1750|Until 1752]] it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions (in the [[Julian calendar]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toke Nørby. The Perpetual Calendar |url=https://norbyhus.dk/calendar.php#England |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=norbyhus.dk}}</ref>

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[410]] &ndash; The [[Southern Yan]] capital of Guanggu [[Conquest of Southern Yan by Jin|falls to]] the [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin dynasty]] general [[Emperor Wu of Song|Liu Yu]], ending the Southern Yan dynasty.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guang |first=Sima |url=https://zh.m.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7115 |title=Zizhi Tongjian |year=1084 |volume=115 |language=zh |access-date=25 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=兩千年中西曆轉換 |trans-title=Chinese-Western Calendar Converter (up to two millennia BP) |url=https://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ |access-date=25 March 2023 |website=Academia Sinica |language=zh}}</ref>
* [[421]] &ndash; Italian city [[Venice]] is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of [[San Giacomo di Rialto]] on the islet of [[Rialto]].<ref name="RingSalkin1996">{{cite book |author1=Trudy Ring |author2=Robert M. Salkin |author3=Sharon La Boda |title=International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74JI2UlcU8AC&pg=PA745 |access-date=24 March 2011 |date=1 January 1996 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-884964-02-2 |page=745}}</ref>
* [[708]] &ndash; [[Pope Constantine]] becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
* [[717]] &ndash; [[Theodosius III]] resigns the throne to the [[Byzantine Empire]] to enter the clergy allowing [[Leo III the Isaurian|Leo III]] to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty.
* [[919]] &ndash; [[Romanos I Lekapenos|Romanos Lekapenos]] seizes the [[Boukoleon Palace]] in [[Constantinople]] and becomes [[regent]] of the Byzantine emperor [[Constantine VII]].
*[[AD 1000|1000]] &ndash; [[Fatimid]] caliph [[al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]] assassinates the eunuch chief minister [[Barjawan]] and assumes control of the government.
*[[1065]] &ndash; The [[Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–65|Great German Pilgrimage]] is attacked on [[Good Friday]] by [[Bedouin|Beduin]] bandits, suffering heavy losses.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Einar Joranson |editor1-last=Paetow |editor1-first=Louis J. |title=The Crusades and Other Historical Essays Presented to Dana C. Munro by his Former Students |date=1928 |publisher=Crofts |location=New York |pages=3–43 |url=https://archive.org/details/crusadesotherhis0000unse/page/n15/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=21 March 2023 |chapter=The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064-1065}}</ref> 
*[[1306]] &ndash; [[Robert the Bruce]] becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
*[[1409]] &ndash; The [[Council of Pisa]] convenes, in an attempt to heal the [[Western Schism]].
*[[1410]] &ndash; The [[Yongle Emperor]] of [[Ming dynasty|Ming China]] launches the first of [[Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols|his military campaigns against the Mongols]], resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan [[Öljei Temür Khan|Bunyashiri]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Perdue |first=Peter C. |url=https://archive.org/details/chinamarcheswest00pete |title=China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia |publisher=Belknap Press of [[Harvard University Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=067401684X |location=Cambridge |page=55 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Hernán Cortés]], entering province of [[Tabasco]], defeats Tabascan Indians.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=765|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1576]] &ndash; Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the [[Newington Butts Theatre]] outside London. 
*[[1584]] &ndash; Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] is granted a patent to colonize [[Virginia]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Saturn]]'s largest moon, [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], is discovered by [[Christiaan Huygens]].
*[[1708]] &ndash; A French fleet anchors nears [[Fife Ness]] as part of the [[Planned French invasion of Britain (1708)|planned French invasion of Britain]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Owen |first1=John Hely |title=War at Sea Under Queen Anne 1702-1708 |date=1938 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1108013383 |pages=255–263 |edition=2010}}</ref>
*[[1725]] &ndash; Bach's [[Chorale cantata (Bach)|chorale cantata]] "[[Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1|''Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'', BWV 1]]", is first performed on the [[Feast of the Annunciation]], coinciding with [[Palm Sunday]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Leisinger | first = Ulrich | author-link = Ulrich Leisinge  | translator-last = Kosviner | translator-first = David | url = https://www.carusmedia.com/images-intern/medien//30/3100100/3100100x.pdf | title = Johann Sebastian Bach / Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern / How beauteous is the morning star / BWV 1 | publisher = [[Carus-Verlag]] | location = Stuttgart | date = 1998 | page = 4 }}</ref>
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Daskalogiannis]] leads the people of [[Sfakia]] in the first Greek uprising against the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule<ref>{{cite journal|title=The First Cretan Rebellion against the Ottoman Authority: Narratives and Source|author=Yakup Öztürk|journal=The Journal of Ottoman Studies|volume=53|year=2019|pages=195–229|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/828934}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]] &ndash; [[Patriot (American Revolution)|American Patriot]]s conduct a [[Raid on Tybee Island]], primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raphael |first=Ray |author-link=Ray Raphael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=toWzDnM9JDEC |title=Founders: The People Who Brought You a Nation |publisher=[[The New Press]] |year=2009 |p=226 |isbn=978-1-59558-506-6 |location=New York City |oclc=646830511}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Amiens]] is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
*  [[1807]]   &ndash; The [[Swansea and Mumbles Railway]], then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] is expelled from the [[University of Oxford]] for publishing the pamphlet ''[[The Necessity of Atheism]]''.
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on [[23 February]] 1821 ([[Julian calendar]]).
*[[1845]] &ndash; New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the [[New Zealand Army]].<ref name=oclc14030948/>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: In [[Virginia]] during the [[Siege of Petersburg]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces temporarily capture [[Battle of Fort Stedman|Fort Stedman]] from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] before being repulsed.
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Coxey's Army]], the first significant American protest march, departs [[Massillon, Ohio]] for Washington, D.C.

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; The Greek football club [[P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras]] is founded in the city of [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ertnews.gr/anadromes/diagoras-rodoy-i-athlitiki-filiki-etaireia-apo-tis-25-martioy-1905-mechri-simera/ | title=Διαγόρας Ρόδου: Η αθλητική "Φιλική Εταιρεία" από τις 25 Μαρτίου 1905 μέχρι σήμερα | date=27 March 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; In New York City, the [[Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire]] kills 146 garment workers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thai Factory Fire's 200 Victims Were Locked Inside, Guards Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/12/world/thai-factory-fire-s-200-victims-were-locked-inside-guards-say.html |journal=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=14 May 2020 |date=12 May 1993}}</ref>
*  1911   &ndash; Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in [[Kyiv|Kiev]], leading to the [[Menahem Mendel Beilis|Beilis affair]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; The Greek multi-sport club [[Aris Thessaloniki]] is founded in [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://arisfc.com.gr/index.php/en/club/istoria | title=History }}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; The [[Georgian Orthodox Church]] restores its [[autocephaly]] abolished by [[Imperial Russia]] in 1811.
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Belarusian People's Republic]] is established.
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Antisemitism in Ukraine#Russian Civil War|Tetiev pogrom]] occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the [[Holocaust]].<ref name="milarsky">M. I. Midlarsky. The killing trap: genocide in the seventeenth century. Cambridge University Press. 2005. p. 46.</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; On the anniversary of [[Greek War of Independence|Greek Independence]], [[Alexandros Papanastasiou]] proclaims the [[Second Hellenic Republic]].
*[[1931]] &ndash; The [[Scottsboro Boys]] are arrested in [[Alabama]] and charged with rape.
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] is unveiled in [[Athens]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/21noe/agnostos-stratiotis.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.geetha.mil.gr |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123182631/http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/21noe/agnostos-stratiotis.pdf |archive-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] joins the [[Axis powers]] with the signing of the [[Tripartite Pact]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; An [[1947 Centralia mine disaster|explosion in a coal mine]] in [[Centralia, Illinois]] kills 111.
*[[1948]] &ndash; The first successful [[Tornado warning|tornado forecast]] predicts that [[1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes|a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base]], [[Oklahoma]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; More than 92,000 [[kulak]]s are suddenly [[Operation Priboi|deported]] from the [[Baltic states]] to [[Siberia]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[United States Customs]] seizes copies of [[Allen Ginsberg]]'s poem "[[Howl (poem)|Howl]]" on obscenity grounds.
*  1957   &ndash; The [[European Economic Community]] is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and [[Luxembourg]] as the first members.
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Chain Island]] is sold by the State of [[California]] to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 (${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|5258|1959|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref name="Sacram1959-03-25">{{Cite news  | url       = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86337140/sacramentan-purchases-misplaced-island-i/  | date      = 25 March 1959  | page      = 19  | title     = Sacramentan Purchases Misplaced Island In River  | via       = Newspapers.com  | newspaper = The Sacramento Bee  | location  = Sacramento, California  }}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Civil rights movement|Civil rights]] activists led by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] successfully complete [[Selma to Montgomery marches|their 4-day {{convert|50|mile|adj=on}} march]] from [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]] to the capitol in [[Montgomery, Alabama]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] [[Operation Lam Son 719|abandon an attempt]] to cut off the [[Ho Chi Minh trail]] in [[Laos]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]] is shot and killed by his nephew.
*[[1979]] &ndash; The first fully functional [[Space Shuttle]] orbiter, ''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]'', is delivered to the [[John F. Kennedy Space Center]] to be prepared for its first launch.
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Candle demonstration in Bratislava]] is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in [[Czechoslovakia]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[WikiWikiWeb]], the world's first wiki, and part of the [[Portland Pattern Repository]], is made public by [[Ward Cunningham]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; The [[European Union]]'s Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease ([[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy]]).
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Capitol Hill massacre]]: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's [[Capitol Hill (Seattle)|Capitol Hill]] neighborhood.
*  2006   &ndash; Protesters demanding a new election in [[Belarus]], following the rigged [[2006 Belarusian presidential election]], clash with riot police. Opposition leader [[Aleksander Kozulin]] is among several protesters arrested.
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: Following the completion of the [[Afrin offensive]], the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) initiate an [[SDF insurgency in Northern Aleppo|insurgency]] against the [[Turkish occupation of northern Syria|Turkish occupation]] of the [[Afrin District]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/13/turkey-has-made-a-quagmire-for-itself-in-syria/ |title=Turkey Has Made a Quagmire for Itself in Syria |last=Daragahi |first=Borzou |work=[[Foreign Policy]] |date=13 July 2018 |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://ahvalnews.com/afrin/twin-explosions-mark-new-tensions-afrin |title=Twin explosions mark new tensions in Afrin |last=Kajjo |first=Sirwan |work=[[Ahval]] |date=30 June 2018 |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413194159/https://ahvalnews.com/afrin/twin-explosions-mark-new-tensions-afrin |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/02701924-aa19-4978-870e-ded15e10ded9 |title=YPG continues attacks on Turkish army and rebels in Afrin |author=Wladimir van Wilgenburg |work=[[Kurdistan 24]] |date=17 July 2018 |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1252]] &ndash; [[Conradin]], Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
*[[1259]] &ndash; [[Andronikos II Palaiologos]], Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)
*[[1297]] &ndash; [[Andronikos III Palaiologos]], Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
*  1297   &ndash; [[Arnošt of Pardubice]], the first Bohemian archbishop (d. 1364)
*[[1345]] &ndash; [[Blanche of Lancaster]] (d. 1369)
*[[1347]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Siena]], Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (d. 1380)
*[[1404]] &ndash; [[John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset]], English military leader (d. 1444)
*[[1414]] &ndash; [[Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford]], English noble (d. 1455)
*[[1434]] &ndash; [[Eustochia Smeralda Calafato]], Italian saint (d. 1485)
*[[1479]] &ndash; [[Vasili III of Russia]] (d. 1533)
*[[1491]] &ndash; [[Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel]] (d. 1549)
*[[1510]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Postel]], French linguist (d. 1581)
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Christopher Clavius]], German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
*[[1541]] &ndash; [[Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (d. 1587)
*[[1545]] &ndash; [[John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg]] (d. 1622)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Castelvetro]], Italian writer (d. 1616)
*[[1593]] &ndash; [[Jean de Brébeuf]], French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)

===1601–1900===
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Evliya Çelebi]], Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[Henric Piccardt]], Dutch lawyer (d. 1712)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Louis Moréri]], French priest and scholar (d. 1680)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Paul de Rapin]], French soldier and historian (d. 1725)
*[[1699]] &ndash; [[Johann Adolph Hasse]], German singer and composer (d. 1783)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Jean-Antoine Houdon]], French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[John Barry (naval officer)|John Barry]], American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Joachim Murat]], French general (d. 1815)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Caroline Bonaparte]], French daughter of [[Carlo Buonaparte]] (d. 1839)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen]], German geologist and academic (d. 1889)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[José de Espronceda]], Spanish poet and author (d. 1842)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Clinton L. Merriam]], American banker and politician (d. 1900)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[George Montgomery White]], American politician (d. 1860)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-journal-george-m-white-death/92171489|title=George Montgomery White's death notice|newspaper=The Wilmington Journal|publication-place=[[Wilmington, North Carolina]]|date=July 19, 1860}}</ref>
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Myles Keogh]], Irish-American colonel (d. 1876)
* [[1859]] – [[Hendrik Wortman]], Dutch civil engineer (d. 1939)<ref>{{cite journal
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 |journal=Tijdschrift voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis
 |publisher=Vereniging voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis
 |page=60
 |url=https://www.waterstaatsgeschiedenis.nl/tijdschrift/2004-2/
 |volume=13
 |issue=2
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}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Simon Flexner]], American physician and academic (d. 1946)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Gutzon Borglum]], American sculptor, designed [[Mount Rushmore]] (d. 1941)
*  1867   &ndash; [[Arturo Toscanini]], Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Bill Lockwood (cricketer)|Bill Lockwood]], English cricketer (d. 1932)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Louis Perrée]], French fencer (d. 1924)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Horatio Nelson Jackson]], American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Rocker]], German-American author and activist (d. 1958)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Selim Sırrı Tarcan]], Turkish educator and politician (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atam.gov.tr/selim-sirri-tarcan-ve-gurbuz-turk-cocugu/ |publisher=Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi |title=Selim Sırrı Tarcan Ve Gürbüz Türk Çocuğu |author=Sarıkaya, Makbule |language=tr |access-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121221180616/http://atam.gov.tr/selim-sirri-tarcan-ve-gurbuz-turk-cocugu/ |archive-date=21 December 2012 }}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Irving Baxter]], American high jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Walter Little (politician)|Walter Little]], Canadian politician (d. 1961)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[František Janda-Suk]], Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Amedee Reyburn]], American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Béla Bartók]], Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)
*  1881   &ndash; [[Patrick Henry Bruce]], American painter and educator (d. 1936)
*  1881   &ndash; [[Mary Webb]], English author and poet (d. 1927)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Johannes Villemson]], Estonian runner (d. 1971)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Siegfried Handloser]], German general and physician (d. 1954)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Jimmy Seed]], English international footballer and manager (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioSeedJM.html|title=Jimmy Seed|website=englandfootballonline.com|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Leslie Averill]], New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[François Rozet]], French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[George Carstairs (rugby league)|George Carstairs]], Australian rugby league player (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/george-carstairs/summary.html|title=George Carstairs - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Ed Begley]], American actor (d. 1970)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Binnie Barnes]], English-American actress (d. 1998)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Frankie Carle]], American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Nahum Norbert Glatzer]], Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Pete Johnson (musician)|Pete Johnson]], American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim]], German colonel (d. 1944)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Jean Sablon]], French singer and actor (d. 1994)
*  1906   &ndash; [[A. J. P. Taylor]], English historian and academic (d. 1990)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[David Lean]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Magda Olivero]], Italian soprano (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Magda Olivero obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/14/magda-olivero |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=en |date=14 September 2014}}</ref>
*  1910   &ndash; [[Benzion Netanyahu]], Polish-Israeli historian and academic (d. 2012)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Melita Norwood]], English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Jean Vilar]], French actor and director (d. 1971)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Reo Stakis]], Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded [[Stakis Hotels]] (d. 2001)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Norman Borlaug]], American agronomist and humanitarian, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2009)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Tassos (engraver)|Tassos]], Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lifo.gr/culture/eikastika/tassos-i-zoi-kai-ergo-toy-megaloy-ellina-harakti | title=Τάσσος: Η ζωή και το έργο του μεγάλου Έλληνα χαράκτη &#124; LiFO | date=13 October 2020 }}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Squires]], Welsh singer (d. 1998)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[S. M. Pandit]], Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Howard Cosell]], American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Paul Scott (novelist)|Paul Scott]], English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1978)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Patrick Troughton]], English actor (d. 1987)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Usha Mehta]], Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (d. 2000) 
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Nancy Kelly]], American actress (d. 1995)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Simone Signoret]], French actress (d. 1985)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Alexandra of Yugoslavia]], the last Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tomlinson |first1=Richard |title=Obituary: Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-queen-alexandra-of-yugoslavia-1470477.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=The Independent |date=22 October 2011 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Eileen Ford]], American businesswoman, co-founded [[Ford Models]] (d. 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Bonnie Guitar]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Wim van Est]], Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Roberts Blossom]], American actor (d. 2011)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Machiko Kyō]], Japanese actress (d. 2019)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Flannery O'Connor]], American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton]], English physician and philosopher (d. 2010)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Kishori Sinha]], Indian politician, social activist and advocate (d. 2016)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Riz Ortolani]], Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
*  1926   &ndash; [[László Papp]], Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Shirley Jean Rickert]], American actress (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|date=2009-02-12|title=Shirley Jean Rickert dies at 82; child star of 'Our Gang' comedies|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-shirley-jean-rickert12-2009feb12-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119215750/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-shirley-jean-rickert12-2009feb12-story.html|archive-date=2020-11-19|access-date=2021-08-13|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Jaime Sabines]], Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Gene Shalit]], American journalist and critic
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[P. Shanmugam (Pondicherry politician)|P. Shanmugam]], Indian politician, 13th [[List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry|Chief Minister of Puducherry]] (d. 2013)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jim Lovell]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut
*  1928   &ndash; [[Gunnar Nielsen (athlete)|Gunnar Nielsen]], Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Peter O'Brien (rugby league)|Peter O'Brien]], Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/peter-o-brien/summary.html|title=Peter O'Brien|website=Rugby League Project|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Hans Steinbrenner (sculptor)|Hans Steinbrenner]], German sculptor (d. 2008)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Cecil Taylor]], American pianist and composer (d. 2018)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[David Burge]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Carlo Mauri]], Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Rudy Minarcin]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Humphrey Burton]], English radio and television host
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Penelope Gilliatt]], English novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1993)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Wes Santee]], American runner (d. 2010)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Johnny Burnette]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Bernard King (television)|Bernard King]], Australian actor and chef (d. 2002)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Karlheinz Schreiber]], German-Canadian businessman
*  1934   &ndash; [[Gloria Steinem]], American feminist activist, co-founded the [[Women's Media Center]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloria Steinem |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/gloria-steinem |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=26 July 2021 |language=en |date=26 February 2019}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Elorde]], Filipino boxer (d. 1985)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Carl Kaufmann]], American-German sprinter (d. 2008)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Tom Monaghan]], American businessman, founded [[Domino's Pizza]]
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Hoyt Axton]], American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Daniel Buren]], French sculptor and painter
*  1938   &ndash; [[Fritz d'Orey]], Brazilian racing driver (d. 2020)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Toni Cade Bambara]], American author, academic, and activist (d. 1995)
*  1939   &ndash; [[D. C. Fontana]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2019)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Gudmund Hernes]], Norwegian sociologist and politician, [[Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Education and Research]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Robert J. Birgeneau]], Canadian-American physicist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942- |url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11410032.html |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=history.aip.org}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Aretha Franklin]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2018)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Richard O'Brien]], English actor and screenwriter
*  1942   &ndash; [[Kim Woodburn]], English television host
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Paul Michael Glaser]], American actor and director
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Leila Diniz]], Brazilian actress (d. 1972)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Cliff Balsom]], English footballer
*  1946   &ndash; [[Daniel Bensaïd]], French philosopher and author (d. 2010)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Stephen Hunter]], American author and critic
*  1946   &ndash; [[Maurice Krafft]], French volcanologist (d. 1991)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Richard Cork]], English historian and critic
*  1947   &ndash; [[Elton John]], English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Bonnie Bedelia]], American actress
*  1948   &ndash; [[Michael Stanley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Flanagan]], Northern Irish Chief Constable ([[Royal Irish Constabulary]], [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]]) 
*  1949   &ndash; [[Sue Klebold]], American activist
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Chuck Greenberg (musician)|Chuck Greenberg]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Ronnie McDowell]], American singer-songwriter 
*  1950   &ndash; [[David Paquette]], American-New Zealander pianist
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Jumbo Tsuruta]], Japanese wrestler (d. 2000)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Stephen Dorrell]], English soldier and politician, [[Secretary of State for Health]]
*  1952   &ndash; [[Antanas Mockus]], Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, [[Mayor of Bogotá]]
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Christos Ardizoglou]], Greek footballer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/22645/Christos_Ardizoglou.html | title=Christos Ardizoglou (Player) }}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Robert Fox (producer)|Robert Fox]], English producer and manager
*  1953   &ndash; [[Vesna Pusić]], Croatian sociologist and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Haroon Rasheed]], Pakistani cricketer and coach 
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Thom Loverro]], American journalist and author
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Daniel Boulud]], French chef and author
*  1955   &ndash; [[Lee Mazzilli]], American baseball player, coach, and manager
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Christina Boxer]], English runner and journalist
*  1957   &ndash; [[Kanellos Kanellopoulos]], Greek cyclist<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/231867 | title=Kanellos Kanellopoulos }}</ref>
*  1957   &ndash; [[Jonathan Michie]], English economist and academic
*  1957   &ndash; [[Aleksandr Puchkov]], Russian hurdler
*  1957   &ndash; [[Jim Uhls]], American screenwriter and producer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Susie Bright]], American journalist, author, and critic
*  1958   &ndash; [[Lorna Brown]], Canadian artist, curator, and writer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Sisy Chen]], Taiwanese journalist and politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[María Caridad Colón]], Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
*  1958   &ndash; [[John Ensign]], American physician and politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[Ray Tanner]], American baseball player and coach
*  1958   &ndash; [[Åsa Torstensson]], Swedish politician, 3rd [[Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Infrastructure]]
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Mike Aulby]], American bowler<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.pba.com/post/2016/2/14/19-Year-Old-Simonsen-Wins-USBC-Masters-to-Become-Youngest-to-Win-a-Major-Title.aspx |title=19-Year-Old Simonsen Wins USBC Masters to Become Youngest to Win a Major Title |last=Schneider |first=Jerry |publisher=pba.com |date=February 14, 2016 |accessdate=February 15, 2016}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Steve Norman]], English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Peter O'Brien (actor)|Peter O'Brien]], Australian actor
*  1960   &ndash; [[Brenda Strong]], American actress
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Mark Brooks (golfer)|Mark Brooks]], American golfer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Marcia Cross]], American actress
*  1962   &ndash; [[David Nuttall]], English lawyer and politician
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Karen Bruce]], English dancer and choreographer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Velle Kadalipp]], Estonian architect
*  1963   &ndash; [[Andrew O'Connor (actor)|Andrew O'Connor]], British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Norm Duke]], American bowler
*1964 &ndash; [[Buzz Osborne]], American musician
*  1964   &ndash; [[René Meulensteen]], Dutch footballer and coach
*  1964   &ndash; [[Ken Wregget]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Avery Johnson]], American basketball player and coach
*  1965   &ndash; [[Stefka Kostadinova]], Bulgarian high jumper
*  1965   &ndash; [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], American actress, producer, and designer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Tom Glavine]], American baseball player
*  1966   &ndash; [[Humberto Gonzalez]], Mexican boxer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Jeff Healey]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Anton Rogan]], Northern Irish footballer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Matthew Barney]], American sculptor and photographer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Doug Stanhope]], American comedian and actor
*  1967   &ndash; [[Debi Thomas]], American figure skater and physician
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[George Chlitsios]], Greek conductor and composer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Dale Davis (basketball)|Dale Davis]], American basketball player
*  1969   &ndash; [[Cathy Dennis]], English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jeff Walker (musician)|Jeffrey Walker]], English singer-songwriter and bass player 
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Magnus Larsson]], Swedish golfer
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Stacy Dragila]], American pole vaulter and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [[Cammi Granato]], American ice hockey player and sportscaster
*  1971   &ndash; [[Sheryl Swoopes]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Naftali Bennett]], Israeli politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Israel]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=864 |title=Naftali Bennett |publisher=Knesset |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Giniel de Villiers]], South African racing driver
*  1972   &ndash; [[Phil O'Donnell (footballer)|Phil O'Donnell]], Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Michaela Dorfmeister]], Austrian skier
*  1973   &ndash; [[Anders Fridén]], Swedish singer-songwriter and producer 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Bob Sura]], American basketball player
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Serge Betsen]], Cameroonian-French rugby player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Lark Voorhies]], American actress and singer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Ladislav Benýšek]], Czech ice hockey player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Melanie Blatt]], English singer-songwriter and actress 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Erika Heynatz]], Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Francie Bellew]], Irish footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Lars Figura]], German sprinter
*  1976   &ndash; [[Wladimir Klitschko]], Ukrainian boxer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Rima Wakarua]], New Zealand-Italian rugby player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Natalie Clein]], English cellist and educator
*  1977   &ndash; [[Andrew Lindsay]], Scottish rower
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Gennaro Delvecchio]], Italian footballer
* 1978 &ndash; [[Teddy Lussi-Modeste]], French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2017 |title=Teddy-Lussi-Modeste attendu mardi à l'Autre cité |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-de-verdun/2017/10/01/un-realisateur-attendu-mardi-a-l-autre-cite |website=[[L'Est Républicain]] |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Muriel Hurtis-Houairi]], French sprinter
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Kathrine Sørland]], Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Casey Neistat]], American YouTube personality<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neistat |first=Casey |date=April 23, 2015 |title=Let's Talk Business |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhVDn0l1Gkw |website=YouTube}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Danica Patrick]], American race car driver<ref>{{cite book|author=((The Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2008 w/CD-Rom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0UKOLykrlMUC|date=17 September 2007|publisher=Mcgraw-hill|isbn=978-0-07-148903-4|page=188}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Álvaro Saborío]], Costa Rican footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jenny Slate]], American comedian, actress and author<ref name=upi>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jenny-slate/photos/298545/ | title=Jenny Slate| publisher=United Press International| access-date=Nov 10, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Mickaël Hanany]], French high jumper
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Katharine McPhee]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*  1984   &ndash; [[Liam Messam]], New Zealand rugby player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Carmen Rasmusen]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
*  1985   &ndash; [[Diana Rennik]], Estonian figure skater
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Marco Belinelli]], Italian basketball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Megan Gibson]], American softball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Kyle Lowry]], American basketball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Mickey Paea]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Jacob Bagersted]], Danish handball player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Victor Obinna]], Nigerian footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Nobunari Oda]], Japanese figure skater
*  1987   &ndash; [[Hyun-jin Ryu]], South Korean baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hyun Jin Ryu |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hyun-jin-ryu-547943 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Big Sean]], American rapper, singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazettereview.com/2016/12/big-sean-net-worth-rich-detroit-rapper/|title=Big Sean Net Worth - How Rich is The Detroit Rapper?|first=Jake|last=Briscoe|date=December 23, 2016}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ryan Lewis]], American music producer<ref>{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Mike|date=2021-03-25|title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 25, 2021 includes celebrities Elton John, Danica Patrick|url=https://cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-25-2021-includes-celebrities-elton-john-danica-patrick.html|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Cleveland}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Mitchell Watt]], Australian long jumper
*  1988   &ndash; [[Arthur Zeiler]], German rugby player
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Aly Michalka]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1989   &ndash; [[Scott Sinclair]], English footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Mehmet Ekici]], Turkish footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Alexander Esswein]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Esswein - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/alexander-esswein_prs123390/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Scott Malone]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=52926|title=Scott Malone|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Meg Lanning]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web|title=Meg Lanning|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/329336.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jacob Gagan]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacob Gagan |url=https://www.nrl.com/players/pre-season-trials/north-sydney-bears/jacob-gagan/ |website=National Rugby League |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Sam Johnstone]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=England player profile: Sam Johnstone |url=https://www.thefa.com/england/mens-seniors/squad/sam-johnstone |website=www.thefa.com |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Justine Dufour-Lapointe]], Canadian skier<ref>{{cite news |title=Justine Dufour-Lapointe |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/justine-dufour-lapointe/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1999]] – [[Mikey Madison]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mikey Madison News & Biography - Empire |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/mikey-madison/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.empireonline.com}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Ozan Kabak]], Turkish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ozan Kabak |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/50165/Ozan-Kabak/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[908]] &ndash; [[Li Kening]], Chinese general
* [[940]] &ndash; [[Taira no Masakado]], Japanese samurai
* [[990]] &ndash; [[Nicodemus of Mammola]], Italian monk and saint<ref name="santiebeati">Antonio Borrelli, [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90976 ‘San Nicodemo di Mammola’], Santi, beati e testimoni, 17 June 2002.</ref>
*[[1005]] &ndash; [[Kenneth III of Scotland|Kenneth III]], king of Scotland<ref>{{cite web |title=King Kenneth III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/kennethiii.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1051]] &ndash; [[Hugh IV, Count of Maine|Hugh IV]], French nobleman
*[[1189]] &ndash; [[Frederick, Duke of Bohemia|Frederick]], duke of Bohemia
*[[1223]] &ndash; [[Afonso II of Portugal|Alfonso II]], king of Portugal (b. 1185)
*[[1351]] &ndash; [[Kō no Moronao]], Japanese samurai 
*  1351   &ndash; [[Kō no Moroyasu]], Japanese samurai
*[[1392]] &ndash; [[Hosokawa Yoriyuki]], Japanese samurai
*[[1458]] &ndash; [[Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana]], Spanish poet and politician (b. 1398)
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[Marcos de Niza]], French friar and explorer (b. 1495)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Ikoma Chikamasa]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1526)
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Olaus Martini]], Swedish archbishop (b. 1557)
*  1609   &ndash; [[Isabelle de Limeuil]], French noble (b. 1535)
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Johannes Nucius]], German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Giambattista Marino]], Italian poet and author (b. 1569)
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg]], German nobleman (b. 1607)
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[Wenceslaus Hollar]], Czech-English painter and etcher (b. 1607)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Jean Regnault de Segrais]], French poet and novelist (b. 1624)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Nehemiah Grew]], English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Lucy Filippini]], Italian teacher and saint (b. 1672)<ref>{{cite book|first=Pietro|last=Bergamaschi|translator-first=Margherita|translator-last=Marchione|trans-title=Vita di Lucia Filippini|title=From the Land of the Etruscans: The Life of Lucy Filippini|location=Rome|publisher=Storia e Letteratura|year=1990|page=198|oclc=31177765}}</ref>
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Hawksmoor]], English architect, designed [[Easton Neston house|Easton Neston]] and [[Christ Church, Spitalfields|Christ Church]] (b. 1661)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Turlough O'Carolan]], Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Novalis]], German poet and author (b. 1772)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Caspar Wessel]], Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Nicolai Wergeland]], Norwegian priest, writer and politician (b. 1780)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nicolai Wergeland |first1=Odd Arvid |last1=Storsveen |first2=Magnus A. |last2=Mardal |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=4 March 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Nicolai_Wergeland_-_prest |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[William Colgate]], English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Colgate-Palmolive]] (b. 1783)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[James Braid (surgeon)|James Braid]], Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Daintith |first1=John |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Second Edition - 2 Volume Set |date=1 January 1994 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-7503-0287-6 |page=114 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QhjRFox0mKYC&pg=PA114 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Edward Bates]], American politician and lawyer (b. 1793)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Marstrand]], Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Ernst von Bergmann]], Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Durham Stevens]], American diplomat (b. 1851)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Mistral]], French lexicographer and poet, 1904 [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1830)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Storrs Mead]], American academic (b. 1832)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Claude Debussy]], French composer (b. 1862)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Peter Martin (Australian footballer)|Peter Martin]], Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas]], Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]], Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Ida B. Wells]], American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Harriet Backer]], Norwegian painter (b. 1845)<ref>{{cite book|first=Delia|last=Gaze|title=Concise Dictionary of Women Artists|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|year=2011|isbn=978-1-57958-335-4|page=167}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[William Carr (rower)|William Carr]], American rower (b. 1876)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Eddie Collins]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Lou Moore]], American race car driver (b. 1904)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Robert Newton]], English actor (b. 1905)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Tom Brown (trombonist)|Tom Brown]], American trombonist (b. 1888)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Charles Benjamin Howard]], Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1885)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Viola Liuzzo]], American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Billy Cotton]], English singer, drummer, and bandleader (b. 1899)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Max Eastman]], American poet and activist (b. 1883)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jakob Sildnik]], Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Edward Steichen]], Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (b. 1879)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Juan Gaudino]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]], Saudi Arabian king (b. 1906)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Deiva Zivarattinam]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Josef Albers]], German-American painter and educator (b. 1888)
*1976 &ndash; [[Benjamin Miessner]], American radio engineer and inventor (b. 1890)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Robert Madgwick]], Australian colonel and academic (b. 1905)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Akinoumi Setsuo]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th [[Yokozuna]] (b. 1914)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Milton H. Erickson]], American psychiatrist and psychologist (b. 1901)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Walter Susskind]], Czech-English conductor and educator (b. 1913)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Goodman Ace]], American comedian and writer (b. 1899)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Bob Waterfield]], American football player and coach (b. 1920)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Gloria Blondell]], American actress (b. 1910)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[A. W. Mailvaganam]], Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Robert Joffrey]], American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the [[Joffrey Ballet]] (b. 1930)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Marcel Lefebvre]], French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Nancy Walker]], American actress, singer, and director (b. 1922)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Angelines Fernández]], Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1922)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Bernard Kangro]], Estonian poet and journalist (b. 1910)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Max Petitpierre]], Swiss jurist and politician (b. 1899)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[James Samuel Coleman]], American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
*  1995   &ndash; [[John Hugenholtz]], Dutch engineer (b. 1914)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Max Green (lawyer)|Max Green]], Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Steven Schiff]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Cal Ripken, Sr.]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Helen Martin]], American actress (b. 1909)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Brian Trubshaw]], English cricketer and pilot (b. 1924)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Wolstenholme]], English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Paul Henning]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Bob Carlos Clarke]], Irish photographer (b. 1950)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Rocío Dúrcal]], Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Richard Fleischer]], American film director (b. 1916)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Buck Owens]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Andranik Margaryan]], Armenian engineer and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Armenia]] (b. 1951)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Ben Carnevale]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Thierry Gilardi]], French journalist and sportscaster (b. 1958)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Abby Mann]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Herb Peterson]], American businessman, created the [[McMuffin]] (b. 1919)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Johnny Blanchard]], American baseball player (b. 1933)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Kosuke Koyama]], Japanese-American theologian and academic (b. 1929)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Dan Seals]], American musician (b. 1948)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu]], Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1954)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Priscilla Buckley]], American journalist and author (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Hal E. Chester]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[John Crosfield]], English businessman, founded [[Crosfield Electronics]] (b. 1915)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Edd Gould]], English animator and voice actor, founded [[Eddsworld]] (b. 1988)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Antonio Tabucchi]], Italian author and academic (b. 1943)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Léonce Bernard]], Canadian politician, 26th [[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] (b. 1943)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ben Goldfaden]], American basketball player and educator (b. 1913)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Anthony Lewis]], American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jean Pickering]], English runner and long jumper (b. 1929)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jean-Marc Roberts]], French author and screenwriter (b. 1954)
*  2013   &ndash; [[John F. Wiley]], American lieutenant, football player, and coach (b. 1920)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Lorna Arnold]], English historian and author (b. 1915)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Hank Lauricella]], American football player and politician (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jon Lord (politician)|Jon Lord]], Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Sonny Ruberto]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jonathan Schell]], American journalist and author (b. 1943)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ralph Wilson]], American businessman, founded the [[Buffalo Bills]] (b. 1918)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[George Fischbeck]], American journalist and educator (b. 1922)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Shannon Bolin]], American actress and singer (b. 1917)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Cuthbert Sebastian]], St. Kitts and Nevis politician (b. 1921)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Barrie Hole]], Welsh footballer (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news |title=Barrie Hole: Former Wales international midfielder dies aged 76 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47765533 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Floyd Cardoz]], Indian-born American chef (b. 1960)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/dining/floyd-cardoz-dead-coronavirus.html|title=Cardoz, 59, Dies; Gave American Fine Dining an Indian Flavor|date=2020-03-25|website=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Beverly Cleary]], American author (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/beverly-cleary-dead.html|title=Beverly Cleary, Beloved Children's Book Author, Dies at 104|date=2021-03-26|website=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Taylor Hawkins]], American drummer and singer (b. 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalton |first=Andrew |date=2022-03-26 |title=Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50 |url=https://apnews.com/article/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-dead-e2044f117e4aa92566b313144fbee285 |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=AP News}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Tapani Kansa]], Finnish singer (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tapani Kansa on kuollut |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/musiikki/a/71c95758-864c-4b94-b428-8db49b4117f1 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Terry Manning]], American musician and recording engineer (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halperin |first=Shirley |date=March 27, 2025 |title=Terry Manning, Key Architect of Stax Records’ Memphis Sound, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/terry-manning-dead-stax-records-memphis-sound-producer-1236173772/ |access-date=April 3, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants]] ([[San Marino]])
*Christian [[feast day]]s:
**[[Feast of the Annunciation]]
**[[March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|Saints' days]]
**[[Ælfwold II (Bishop of Sherborne)|Ælfwold II of Sherborne]]
**[[Barontius and Desiderius]]
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas]]
**[[Omelyan Kovch]] ([[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]])
**[[Penitent thief|Dismas]], the "Good Thief"
**[[Humbert of Maroilles]]
**[[Quirinus of Tegernsee]]
*[[Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide]] ([[Latvia]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bnn-news.com/25-march-remembrance-day-for-the-victims-of-communist-genocide-211749 |title=25 March – Remembrance Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide |date=25 March 2020 |publisher=[[Baltic News Network]] |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/remembering-the-1949-deportation-victims-from-latvia-and-the-other-baltic-states.a353178/ |title=Remembering the 1949 deportation victims from Latvia and the other Baltic states |date=25 March 2020 |publisher=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]] |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.baltictimes.com/victims_of_communist_genocide_to_be_commemorated_with_procession_in_riga/ |title=Victims of communist genocide to be commemorated with procession in Riga |date=21 March 2022 |newspaper=[[The Baltic Times]] |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bnn-news.com/remembering-1949-deportations-latvia-commemorates-victims-of-communist-genocide-233436 |title=Victims of communist genocide to be commemorated with procession in Riga |date=25 March 2022 |publisher=[[Baltic News Network]] |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[Cultural Workers Day]] (Russia)
*[[Empress Menen's Birthday]] ([[Rastafari]])
*[[EU Talent Day]] ([[European Union]])
*[[Freedom Day (Belarus)]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Silitski |first1=Vitali Jr. |last2=Zaprudnik |first2=Jan |title=The A to Z of Belarus |date=7 April 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4617-3174-0 |page=211 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQXyAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA211 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Independence Day (Greece)|Independence Day]], celebrates the start of [[Greek War of Independence]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]], in 1821. (Greece)
*[[International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade]] (international)<ref name=un>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members]] ([[United Nations General Assembly]])<ref name=un />
*[[International Day of the Unborn Child]] ([[International observance|international]])
*[[Maryland Day]] ([[Maryland]], United States)
*[[Medal of Honor Day]] (United States)
*[[Mother's Day]] ([[Slovenia]])
*[[New Year's Day]] ([[Lady Day]]) in England, Wales, Ireland, and [[Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in the Americas|some of]] the [[Thirteen Colonies|future United States and Canada]] from [[1155]] through [[1751]], until the [[Calendar (New Style) Act 1750]] moved it to [[1 January]] and [[adoption of the Gregorian calendar|adopted the Gregorian calendar]]. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year [[1752]] began on [[1 January]].)  
*[[New Zealand Army#Commemorations|NZ Army Day]]
*[[Quarter days|Quarter day]] (first of four) in Ireland and England.
*[[Struggle for Human Rights Day]] ([[Slovakia]])
*[[Tolkien Reading Day]]
*''[[Waffle Day|Vårfrudagen]]'' or ''Våffeldagen'', "Waffle Day" (Sweden, Norway & Denmark)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=oclc14030948>{{Cite book |title=The regimental badges of New Zealand, an illustrated history of the badges and insignia worn by the New Zealand Army |last=Corbett |first=D. A. |date=1980 |publisher=R. Richards |isbn=0908596057 |location=Auckland |oclc=14030948}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/25 BBC: On This Day]
*{{NYT On this day|month=3|day=25}}
*[https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/25 Historical Events on March 25]

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[[Category:Days of March]]