March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). There are 305 days remaining. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• 1562 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
• 1565 - The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
• 1628 - Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
• 1633 - Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
• 1642 - Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in America.
• 1692 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts.
• 1700 - Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to reform into the Gregorian calendar, then reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and then introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753.
• 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
• 1790 - The first United States census is authorized.
• 1803 - Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state.
• 1805 - Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
• 1811 - Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
• 1815 - Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
• 1836 - A Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
• 1840 - Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France.
• 1845 - President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
• 1852 - Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
• 1854 - German pyschologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in the canal near Charlottenburg.
• 1867 - Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
• 1872 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• 1873 - E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York, start production of the first practical typewriter.
• 1873 - Henry Comstock discovers the Comstock Lode in Virgina City, Nevada.
• 1886 - Anglo-Chinese School,Singapore was founded by Bishop William Oldham.
• 1896 - Battle of Adowa, in which Ethiopia defended its independence against Italy, begins. The Italian invasion, with 100,000 troops, is defeated, ending the First Italo-Abyssinian War.
• 1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
• 1912 - Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
• 1914 - The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 1917 - U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.
• 1918 - German submarine Unterseeboot 19 (U-19) sinks HMS Calgarian off Rathlin Island.
• 1919 - March 1st Movement begins in Korea.
• 1932 - The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.
• 1936 - Hoover Dam is completed.
• 1941 - World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact thus joining the Axis powers.
• 1941 - W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..
• 1946 - The Bank of England is nationalised.
• 1947 - The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• 1949 - Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• 1950 - Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by giving them top secret atomic bomb data.
• 1953 - Joseph Stalin collapses, having suffered a stroke. He dies four days later.
• 1954 - Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
• 1954 - Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• 1955 - Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas hosts its first college basketball game.
• 1956 - The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• 1958 - Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, is appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia.
• 1961 - President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
• 1961 - Uganda becomes self-governing as its first elections held.
• 1962 - American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York.
• 1966 - Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
• 1966 - The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
• 1969 - During a performance at Miami's Dinner Key Auditorium, Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for exposing himself during the show.
• 1969 - John Kerry officially leaves active duty in Vietnam.
• 1971 - A bomb explodes in a men's room in the White House: the Weather Underground claims responsibility.
• 1971 - Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
• 1972 - The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.
• 1974 - Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• 1975 - Colour television transmissions begin in Australia.
• 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery.
• 1980 - Voyager 1 probe confirms that Janus (moon of Saturn) exists.
• 1983 - Swatch introduces their first timepieces.
• 1989 - The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• 1994 - Seattle grunge band Nirvana play their last show in Munich, Germany.
• 1995 - Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
• 2000 - The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
• 2000 - Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.
• 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
• 2002 - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons).
• 2002 - The Peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€).
• 2003 - Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
• 2004- Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and accomplice to the Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh starts his trial in McAlester, Oklahoma.
• 2004 - The TV game show The Price is Right airs its 6,000 episode.
• 2004 - Punycode adopted by the national registrars of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
• 2004 - Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq.

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Louis Adolphe Thiers (April 16, 1797 - September 3, 1877) was a French statesman and historian. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John Tyler (March 29, 1790 - January 18, 1862), of Virginia, was the tenth (1841) Vice President of the United States, and the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. ... Official language English de facto nationwide also Spanish, French, German and Native American languages regionally Capital Washington-on-the-Brazos (1836) Harrisburg (1836) Galveston (1836) Velasco (1836) Houston (1837–1839) Austin (1839–1845) Largest city San Antonio, Texas Presidents David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Anson Jones Area... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th earl of Eglinton (September 29, 1812 - October 4, 1861), was born at Palermo. ... Official standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as the Viceroy or in the Middle Ages as the Lord Deputy) was the head of the Kingdom of Englands (before the Act of Union 1707) or Kingdom of Great Britains (after 1707... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Friedrich Eduard Beneke (February 17, 1798 - 1854), was a German psychologist. ... Charlottenburg is an area in Berlin, formerly a borough now part of Charlottenburg_Wilmersdorf. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... State nickname: Cornhusker State Other U.S. States Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Governor Dave Heineman (R) Senators Chuck Hagel (R) Ben Nelson (D) Official languages English Area 200,520 km² (16th)  - Land 199,099 km²  - Water 1,247 km² (0. ... A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... Nickname: Star City Location in Nebraska Founded  -Incorporated 18671 1869  County Lancaster County Mayor Coleen Seng Area  - Total  - Water 195. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. ... Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... E. Remington and Sons was a manufacturer of firearms and typewriters. ... Ilion is a village located in Herkimer County, New York. ... This Smith Premier typewriter, purchased around the end of the 19th century, was found abandoned in the Bodie ghost town. ... The Comstock Lode was a massive body of silver ore discovered under what is now Virginia City, Nevada in 1859. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Name Anglo-Chinese School Abbreviation ACS Country Singapore Founded March 1,1886 Community Urban Religion Christian (Methodist) Students Boys - ACS (Junior), ACS (Primary), ACS (Barker Road) Mixed - ACS (Independent), ACS (International), ACJC Levels Primary 1-6, Secondary 1-5, JC 1-2 IB 1-2 + Pre-IB 1-4 Colours... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Battle of Adowa Conflict First Italo-Abyssinian War Date March 1, 1896 Place Adowa, Ethiopia Result Ethiopian victory; end of First Italo-Abyssinian war The Battle of Adowa (also known as Adwa or sometimes by the Italian name Adua) was fought on March 1, 1896 between Ethiopia and Italy near... The First Italo-Abyssinian War was one of the very few instances of successful armed African resistance to European colonialism in the 19th century. ... Henri Becquerel Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity. ... Radioactivity may mean: Look up radioactivity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is a international organization that coordinates postal policies between member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... The plain text term has a different meaning. ... The Zimmermann Telegram was a telegram dispatched by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmermann, on January 16, 1917, to the German ambassador in Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt, at the height of World War I. It instructed the ambassador to approach the Mexican government with a proposal to... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Unterseeboot 19 (U-19) has been the designation of two submarines of the German Navy. ... Bird sanctuary on Rathlin Island Rathlin Island is an island off the coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland, and is the northernmost point of the province. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The March First Movement was one of the earliest displays of Korean nationalism during the Japanese Colonial Period. ... Korea (Hangul: 한국, Hanguk, used by South Korea; ì¡°ì„ , Joseon, used by North Korea) refers to South Korea (Republic of Korea) and North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) together, which were a unified country until 1945. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Image:Lindbergh. ... Lindbergh baby kidnapping poster The Lindbergh kidnapping was the abduction and murder of the toddler son of world famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, Sr. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hoover Dam Hoover Dam 1931-1935 US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Hoover Dam (36°0′56″ N 114°44′16″ W) is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between Arizona and Nevada. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the... The Tripartite Pact, also called the Three-Power Pact, was signed in Berlin on September 27, 1940 by representatives of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Japan. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... WSM-FM is a Nashville, Tennessee FM radio station. ... The Nashville skyline Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. ... ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, sometimes known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street or The Old Lady. The Bank of England // Functions of the bank It performs all the recognized functions of a central bank -- to maintain price stability, and subject to... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The flag of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the international organization entrusted with overseeing the global financial system by monitoring foreign exchange rates and balance of payments, as well as offering technical and financial assistance when asked. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Yogyakarta, Indonesia The palace, or kraton, of the Sultan of Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (also Jogjakarta or Jogja) is a city and province on the island of Java, Indonesia. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the generic term for a high-tension rivalry between countries, see cold war (war). ... Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (b. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Joseph Stalin ( ♫) (Russian, in full: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин (Josef Vissarionovich Stalin), real name: Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили (Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvilli), Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი (Ioseb Jughashvili); December 6 (OS)/December 18 (NS), 1878 – March 5, 1953) was the leader of the Soviet Union from mid-1920s to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A nuclear test explosion is an experiment involving the detonation of a nuclear weapon. ... Castle Bravo was the code name given to the first U.S. test of a so-called dry fuel thermonuclear device, detonated on March 1, 1954 by the United States, as the first test of Operation Castle (a longer series of tests of various devices). ... A megaton or megatonne is a unit of mass equal to 1,000,000 metric tons, i. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... Bikini Atoll - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Bikini Atoll (also known as Pikinni Atoll) is an uninhabited 6. ... The radiation warning symbol (trefoil). ... United States Capitol . The United States Capitol is the building which serves as home for the legislative branch of the United States government. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor arena at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, and one of the legendary venues of American college basketball. ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as just Kansas or KU) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ... Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... A different kind of phonetic alphabet is the International Phonetic Alphabet. ... The International CivilOrganization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... Samuel Cardinal Stritch greets a young parishioner. ... The Roman Curia is the complex of the organs and the authorities that constitute the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Roman Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... JFK redirects here. ... Peace Corps volunteers usually serve for two years. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... American Airlines Flight 1 took off from Idewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) on March 1, 1962. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Venera 3 was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. ... Unmanned space missions are those using remote-controlled spacecraft. ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta space probe on March 2, 2004. ... We are forever reading in our newspapers that our planets are made up of rock. ... Bath Party flag The Arab Socialist Bath Party (also spelled Baath or Baath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي) was founded in 1945 as a radical, left-wing, secular Arab nationalist political party. ... City nickname: The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Location Location of Miami in the State of Florida Government County Miami-Dade Mayor Manuel “Manny” Diaz (R) Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 54 km²      35. ... Jim Morrison. ... The Doors, Legacy (Clockwise from top right): Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek The Doors (formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) were a popular and influential American rock band. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ... Weatherman, also known as the Weather Underground Organization, was a US-based, self-described revolutionary organization of communist men and women formed by members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), splintering that organization in the process. ... Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan. ... It has been suggested that East Bengal (province) be merged into this article or section. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Yasothon (Thai ยโสธร) is one of the provinces (changwat) of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. ... Ubon Ratchathani (often in short Ubon, Thai อุบลราชธานี) is one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Watergate Complex as depicted in Government Exhibit 1. ... The Watergate building. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... An American family watching television in the 1950s. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Chaplin in his costume as The Tramp Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was a British actor, the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema, and also a notable director. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A NASA artists rendition of a Voyager spacecraft The Voyager 1 spacecraft is an 815-kilogram unmanned probe of the outer solar system and beyond, launched September 5, 1977, and currently operational. ... 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Births

1445 to 1899

• 1445 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)
• 1456 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1516)
• 1474 - Angela Merici, Italian nun (d. 1540)
• 1547 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
• 1597 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)
• 1610 - John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685)
• 1657 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
• 1683 - Caroline of Ansbach, queen of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)
• 1760 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (suicide) (d. 1794)
• 1769 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
• 1807 - Wilford Woodruff, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898)
• 1810 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French composer and pianist (d. 1849)
• 1812 - Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
• 1821 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (d. 1896)
• 1837 - William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, editor, and politician (d. 1920)
• 1852 - Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
• 1858 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918)
• 1865 - Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949)
• 1871 - Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
• 1876 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (d. 1942)
• 1880 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer (d. 1932)
• 1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1980)
• 1888 - Ewart Astill, English cricketer (Leicestershire) (d. 1948)
• 1889 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese ethicist and philosopher (d. 1960)
• 1892 - Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (d. 1927)
• 1893 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (d. 1968)
• 1896 - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (d. 1960)

Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (died 1510) Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497) Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician Deaths June 5 - Leonel Power, English composer June 11 - Henry... Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (little barrel) (Florence March 1, 1445 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). ... Events Conquest of Pskov by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. ... // Events July 7 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed). ... Ladislaus Jagellion (in Czech Vladislav Jagellonský, in Hungarian II. Ulászló) was the King of Bohemia from 1471 and the King of Hungary from 1490 until his death in 1516. ... // Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. ... Angela Merici (1474? - 1540) was an Italian religious leader and saint born in Desenzano del Garda, province of Brescia. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ... Events January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia. ... Rudolph Goclenius Rudolph Göckel or Rudolf Goclenius [the Older] (1 March 1547 - 8 June 1628) was a German scholastic philosopher, credited with the inventions of the terms psychology (1590), and ontology (1613). ... Events March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. ... Events 17 January - A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i. ... Jean-Charles de la Faille (March 1, 1597-November 4, 1652) was a Belgian mathematician. ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... John Pell (March 1, 1610 - December 12, 1685), was an English mathematician. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... This biographical article needs to be wikified. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Her Serene Highness Margravine Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (or Anspach) (1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) was the queen consort of King George II of Great Britain 1727-1737. ... George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... François Nicolas Leonard Buzot (March 1, 1760 - June 18, 1794), was a French Revolutionary leader. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers (March 1, 1769 - September 21, 1796), French general, was born at Chartres. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Wilford Woodruff (March 1, 1807 – September 2, 1898) was the fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from 1889 until his death in 1898. ... The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Frédéric-François Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) was a Polish composer and pianist of Polish and French parentage who wrote almost exclusively for the piano. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (March 1, 1812 - September 14, 1852) was an English-born architect, designer and theorist of design now best remembered for his work on churches and on the Houses of Parliament. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Joseph Hubert Reinkens (March 1, 1821 - January 4, 1896) was a German Old Catholic bishop. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Théophile Delcassé, French diplomat and statesman Théophile Delcassé (March 1, 1852 - February 22, 1923) was a French statesman. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Georg Simmel (March 1, 1858 - September 28, 1918) was one of the first generation of German sociologists. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Abe Iso (安部 磯雄 Abe Iso, 1865 - 1949) was a Christian socialist in Japan. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Benjamin Robertson Ben Harney (6 March 1871 _ 2 March 1938) was a United States of America songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Belgian Count Henri de Baillet-Latour (March 1, 1876-January 6, 1942) was the third president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). ... This article is about the year. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Giles Lytton Strachey (March 1, 1880 – January 21, 1932) was a British writer, best known as a biographer. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Oskar Kokoschka (March 1, 1886-February 22, 1980) was an Austrian artist and poet, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... (William) Ewart Astill (born March 1, 1888, Ratby, Leicestershire, England; died February 10, 1948, Stoneygate, Leicester, England) was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire teacm from 1922 to about 1935. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Watsuji Tetsuro (和辻 哲郎 Watsuji Tetsurō, March 1, 1889 - December 26, 1960 in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture) was a Japanese ethicist, philosopher, cultural historian, intellectual historian. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A commemoration of Ryunosuke and Rashomon Akutagawa Ryunosuke (芥川 龍之介 or 芥川竜之介 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927) was a Japanese writer. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 - May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite best known for her lesbian affairs with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Alla Nazimova, Eva Le Gallienne ([1]), Isadora Duncan, Katherine Cornell, Maude Adams, Ona Munson (Belle Watling in the movie Gone With... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Dimitris Mitropoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος) (March 1, 1896 – November 2, 1960) was a Greek conductor, pianist, and composer who spent most of his career in the United States. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

1900 to 1999

• 1901 - Pietro Spiggia, Italian poet
• 1904 - Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)
• 1910 - David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)
• 1914 - Harry Caray, American baseball announcer (d. 1998)
  • Ralph Ellison, American writer (d. 1994)
• 1917 - Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
  • Harry Caray, American sports broadcaster (d. 1998)
• 1918 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
  • Roger Delgado, British actor (d. 1973)
• 1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)
• 1921 - Richard Wilbur, American poet
  • Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1983)
• 1922 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1995)
  • William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
• 1923 - Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer, poet, and editor (d. 1999)
• 1924 - Deke Slayton, astronaut (d. 1993)
• 1926 - Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, commissioner of American football (d. 1996)
  • Robert Clary, French actor
• 1927 - Harry Belafonte, American musician and actor
• 1928 - Jacques Rivette, French director
  • Dr. Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and artificial intelligence researcher