What are the important events that happened on March 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 16: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 16 is the 75^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 3, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,742,083,200 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 ‘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 338 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 4,468 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 16 Historical Events

• 37 –
  Caligula became Roman Emperor after the death of his great uncle, Tiberius.
• 1190 –
  Massacre of Jews at Clifford’s Tower, York.
• 1660 –
  The Long Parliament dissolved.
• 1812 –
  Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War.
• 1818 –
  Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
• 1865 –
  American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
• 1916 –
  The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• 1935 –
  Adolf Hitler ordered Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Versailles Treaty. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
• 1939 –
  From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaimed Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
• 2005 –
  Israel officially handed over Jericho to Palestinian control.

Who were born on March 16?

• 1338 –
  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)
• 1581 –
  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
• 1822 –
  Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
• 1908 –
  René Daumal, French writer (d. 1944)
• 1917 –
  Louis C. Wyman, American politician (d. 2002)
• 1925 –
  Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (d. 2004)
• 1943 –
  Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (d. 2005)
• 1949 –
  Elliott Murphy, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 –
  Kate Worley, American comic book writer (d. 2004)
• 1961 –
  Todd McFarlane, Canadian comic book artist, writer and media entrepreneur

Who died on March 16?

• 1072 –
  Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop
• 1620 –
  St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing (b. 1576)
• 1679 –
  John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
• 1737 –
  Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)
• 1747 –
  Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)
• 1914 –
  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1843)
• 1936 –
  Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864)
• 1961 –
  Chen Geng, Chinese military leader (b. 1903)
• 1983 –
  Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
• 1993 –
  Johnny Cymbal, American singer and producer (b. 1945)