What are the important events that happened on March 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 15 is the 75th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 291 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 2, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,507,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontapentagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 320 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,102 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 15: This Day In History
In the Roman calendar, March 15 was known as the Ides of March.
March 15 Historical Events
- 221 –Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.
- 933 –After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.
- 1545 –First meeting of the Council of Trent.
- 1933 –Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the austrofascist dictatorship.
- 1956 –My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
- 1965 –President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress “We shall overcome” while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
- 1985 –The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
- 1986 –Hotel New World Disaster a 1 star hotel collapses in Singapore’s Little India’s district killing 33 people
- 1990 –Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying.
- 2004 –French President Jacques Chirac signs the law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools, commonly known as the headscarf ban.
Who were born on March 15?
- 1493 –Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France (d. 1567)
- 1666 –George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)
- 1779 –William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)
- 1866 –Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor (d. 1910)
- 1867 –Lionel Johnson, British poet (d. 1902)
- 1930 –Kostas Nestoridis, Greek footballer
- 1935 –Judd Hirsch, American actor
- 1935 –Leonid Yengibarian, Armenian clown and actor (d. 1972)
- 1972 –Mike Tomlin, American football coach
- 1973 –Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor & model
Who died on March 15?
- 493 –Odoacer, King of Italy (b. 435)
- 1536 –Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier under Suleiman the Magnificent
- 1891 –Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (b. 1819)
- 1941 –Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (b. 1864)
- 1969 –Miles Malleson, British actor and dramatist (b. 1888)
- 1971 –Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
- 1989 –Valerie Quennessen, French actress (b. 1957)
- 1997 –Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)
- 1998 –Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer (b. 1903)
- 2011 –Smiley Culture, British reggae singer (b. 1963)
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