What are the important events that happened on March 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 25 is the 85th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 281 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 12, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,522,080 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 ‘octacontapentagon’ day.
Aries 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 310 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 4,112 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 25 Historical Events
1199 –
Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.
1409 –
The Council of Pisa opens.
1802 –
The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a “Definitive Treaty of Peace” between France and the United Kingdom.
1811 –
Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
1894 –
Coxey’s Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C.
1911 –
In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
1917 –
The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
1918 –
The Belarusian People’s Republic is established.
1957 –
The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).
2006 –
Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
Who were born on March 25?
1824 –
Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (d. 1900)
1903 –
Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
1924 –
Roberts Blossom, American actor d.2011
1939 –
Toni Cade Bambara, American author (d. 1995)
1942 –
Aretha Franklin, American singer
1948 –
Lynn Faulds Wood, Scottish television presenter
1960 –
Steve Norman, British saxophonist (Spandau Ballet)
1976 –
Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
1982 –
Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
1987 –
Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
Who died on March 25?
1751 –
Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
1818 –
Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (b. 1745)
1918 –
Peter Martin, Australian rules footballer (b. 1875)
1967 –
Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b.c. 1913)
1980 –
Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b. 1901)
1995 –
Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)
1998 –
Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
2002 –
Kenneth Wolstenholme, English football commentator (b. 1920)
2006 –
Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
2006 –
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
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