What happened this day in history March 19

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 78th 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, 1,742,342,400 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 ‘heptacontaoctagon’ 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 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.

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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

  • 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.
  • 1915
    Pluto is photographed for the first time but is not recognized as a planet.
  • 1916
    Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
  • 1920
    The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • 1921
    Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • 1921
    Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled and three wounded.
  • 1943
    Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
  • 1946
    French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
  • 1962
    Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.
  • 2004
    3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country’s presidential election on March 20.

Who were born on March 19?

  • 1488
    Johannes Magnus, Swedish religious figure (d. 1544)
  • 1742
    Túpac Amaru II, Incan revolutionary (d. 1781)
  • 1865
    William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and myrmecologist (d. 1937)
  • 1902
    Louisa Ghijs, Belgian stage actress and wife of Johannes Heesters (d. 1985)
  • 1914
    Fred Clark, American film actor (d. 1968)
  • 1924
    Joe Gaetjens, Haitian-American footballer (d. c. 1964)
  • 1936
    Birthe Wilke, Danish singer
  • 1937
    Egon Krenz, last President of Communist East Germany
  • 1960
    Simo Aalto, Finnish magician
  • 1975
    Matthew Richardson, Australian rules footballer

Who died on March 19?

  • 1697
    Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665)
  • 1871
    Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795)
  • 1897
    Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (b. 1810)
  • 1930
    Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
  • 1950
    Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
  • 1974
    Edward Platt, American actor (b. 1916)
  • 1976
    Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (Free) (b. 1950)
  • 1979
    Richard Beckinsale, English actor (b. 1947)
  • 1987
    Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1892)
  • 2008
    Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (b. 1929)

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