What are the important events that happened on March 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 14: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 14 is the 73^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 292 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 1, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 483,864 hours 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 ‘heptacontatrigon’ 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 340 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 4,466 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 14 Historical Events

• 313 –
  Emperor Jin Huidi is executed by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Han Zhao).
• 1590 –
  Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.
• 1757 –
  Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.
• 1782 –
  Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
• 1885 –
  The Mikado a light opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, had its first public performance in London.
• 1900 –
  The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
• 1903 –
  The Hay-Herran Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.
• 1995 –
  Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.
• 2007 –
  The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead.
• 2008 –
  A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupted in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.

Who were born on March 14?

• 1869 –
  Algernon Blackwood, British writer (d. 1951)
• 1885 –
  Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
• 1920 –
  Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
• 1948 –
  Theo Jansen, Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor.
• 1951 –
  Jerry Greenfield, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
• 1968 –
  Megan Follows, Canadian actress
• 1969 –
  Des Coleman, English actor and presenter
• 1969 –
  Larry Johnson, American basketball player
• 1977 –
  Naoki Matsuda, Japanese Soccer player (d. 2011)
• 1983 –
  Taylor Hanson, American musician (Hanson)

Who died on March 14?

• 1748 –
  George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
• 1803 –
  Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German writer (b. 1724)
• 1811 –
  Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
• 1823 –
  John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Royal Navy, Admiral of the Fleet
• 1980 –
  Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
• 2003 –
  Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
• 2003 –
  Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
• 2006 –
  Ann Calvello, roller-derby queen (b. 1929)
• 2009 –
  Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor (b. 1947)
• 2009 –
  Altovise Davis, American entertainer, Sammy Davis, Jr.'s widow (b. 1943)