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 74th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 291 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 2, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,741,996,800 seconds 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 ‘heptacontatetragon’ day.
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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 339 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 4,467 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
- 44 BC –Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
- 1311 –Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
- 1514 –Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen’s Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
- 1545 –First meeting of the Council of Trent.
- 1672 –Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
- 1848 –A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
- 1906 –Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
- 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).
- 1990 –Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
Who were born on March 15?
- 1835 –Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1916)
- 1867 –Lionel Johnson, British poet (d. 1902)
- 1912 –Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and novelist (d. 1979)
- 1916 –Harry James, American musician and band leader (d. 1983)
- 1935 –Jimmy Swaggart, American televangelist
- 1962 –Jimmy Baio, American actor
- 1969 –Rona Ambrose, Canadian politician
- 1977 –Joe Hahn, American musician (Linkin Park)
- 1982 –Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
- 1990 –Siobhan Magnus, American singer
Who died on March 15?
- 1711 –Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (b. 1645)
- 1969 –Miles Malleson, British actor and dramatist (b. 1888)
- 1977 –Antonino Rocca, Argentine professional wrestler (b. 1927)
- 1981 –René Clair, French film director (b. 1898)
- 1998 –Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer (b. 1903)
- 2001 –Ann Sothern, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2005 –Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927)
- 2007 –Stuart Rosenberg, American film and television director (b. 1927)
- 2008 –Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- 2009 –Ron Silver, American actor (b. 1946)
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