What are the important events that happened on March 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 19 is the 78^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 6, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,039,040 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 ‘heptacontaoctagon’ 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 335 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 4,471 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

It’s uncommon for the March equinox to fall on this day. The last time it did was in 1796 and the next will be in 2044.

March 19 Historical Events

• 1812 –
  The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
• 1865 –
  American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
• 1895 –
  Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
• 1918 –
  The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 1920 –
  The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• 1931 –
  Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• 1954 –
  Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• 1954 –
  Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
• 1958 –
  The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• 1990 –
  The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.

Who were born on March 19?

• 1883 –
  Joseph Stilwell, American military officer (d. 1946)
• 1914 –
  Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
• 1916 –
  Irving Wallace, American novelist (d. 1990)
• 1943 –
  Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1943 –
  Mario Monti, Italian politician
• 1967 –
  Mary Scheer, American actress and comedian
• 1968 –
  Tyrone Hill, American basketball player
• 1976 –
  Andre Miller, American basketball player
• 1979 –
  Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
• 1986 –
  Tyler Bozak, Canadian-Ukrainian ice hockey player

Who died on March 19?

• 1263 –
  Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal
• 1406 –
  Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
• 1897 –
  Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (b. 1810)
• 1914 –
  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
• 1916 –
  Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 1943 –
  Frank Nitti, American gangster (b. 1883)
• 1950 –
  Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
• 1976 –
  Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (Free) (b. 1950)
• 1992 –
  Cesare Danova, American television and film actor (b. 1926)
• 1999 –
  Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)