What happened this day in history March 25

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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