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
- 221 –Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.
- 280 –Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan which began the Jin Dynasty.
- 1493 –Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
- 1514 –Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen’s Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
- 1917 –Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.
- 1926 –The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
- 1952 –In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24 hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
- 1961 –South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1985 –The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
Who were born on March 15?
- 1455 –Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
- 1790 –Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861)
- 1912 –Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and novelist (d. 1979)
- 1944 –Chi Cheng, Taiwanese athlete and politician
- 1950 –Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer
- 1957 –David Silverman, American animator
- 1969 –Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician
- 1981 –Mikael Forssell, Finnish footballer
- 1989 –Bryce Gibbs, Australian rules footballer
- 1989 –Caitlin Wachs, American actress
Who died on March 15?
- 44 BC –Julius Caesar (b. 100 BC)
- 493 –Odoacer, King of Italy (b. 435)
- 1416 –John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (b. 1340)
- 1670 –John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (b. 1597)
- 1820 –Clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751)
- 1989 –Valerie Quennessen, French actress (b. 1957)
- 1990 –Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
- 2001 –Ann Sothern, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2004 –John Pople, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
- 2011 –Smiley Culture, British reggae singer (b. 1963)
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