In Annunciation Style dating, the year begins on March 25. Until 1752, March 25 was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions.

Events

Pre-1600

• 410 The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty.

• 421 Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.

• 708 Election of Pope Constantine following the death of Pope Sisinnius. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.

• 717 Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter a monastery, allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty.

• 919 Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.

• 1000 Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.

• 1065 The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.

• 1221 Coronation of Robert of Courtenay as Emperor of the Latin Empire.

• 1306 Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).

• 1409 The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.

• 1410 The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.

• 1519 Hernán Cortés, entering province of Tabasco, defeats Tabascan Indians.

• 1576 Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.

• 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.

1601–1900

• 1655 Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

• 1708 A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.

• 1725 Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday.

• 1770 Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule

• 1776 American Revolutionary War: American Patriotss conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.

• 1802 The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.

• 1807 The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.

• 1811 Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.

• 1821 Greek War of Independence: Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).

• 1845 New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.

• 1865 American Civil War: In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.

• 1878 – Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.

• 1894 Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.

1901–present

• 1905 The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes.

• 1911 In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.

• 1911 Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair.

• 1914 The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki.

• 1917 The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.

• 1918 The Belarusian People's Republic is established.

• 1919 The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust.

• 1924 On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.

• 1931 The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.

• 1932 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens.

• 1941 The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.

• 1947 An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.

• 1948 The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

• 1949 More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.

• 1957 United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.

• 1957 The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.

• 1959 Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($ in ).

• 1965 Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their four-day 50mileon march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

• 1971 The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.

• 1975 Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.

• 1979 The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

• 1988 The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

• 1995 WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

• 1996 The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

• 2006 Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

• 2006 Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.

• 2018 Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1252 Conradin, Duke of Swabia (died 1268)

• 1259 Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1332)

• 1297 Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1341)

• 1297 Arnošt of Pardubice, the first Bohemian archbishop (died 1364)

• 1345 Blanche of Lancaster (died 1369)

• 1347 Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (died 1380)

• 1404 John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (died 1444)

• 1414 Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, English noble (died 1455)

• 1434 Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (died 1485)

• 1479 Vasili III of Russia (died 1533)

• 1491 Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (died 1549)

• 1510 Guillaume Postel, French linguist (died 1581)

• 1538 Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1612)

• 1541 Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1587)

• 1545 John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (died 1622)

• 1546 Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer (died 1616)

• 1593 Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1649)

1601–1900

• 1611 Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (died 1682)

• 1636 Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer (died 1712)

• 1643 Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (died 1680)

• 1661 Paul de Rapin, French soldier and historian (died 1725)

• 1699 Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer and composer (died 1783)

• 1741 Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (died 1828)

• 1745 John Barry, Irish-American naval officer and father of the American navy (died 1803)

• 1767 Joachim Murat, French general (died 1815)

• 1782 Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (died 1839)

• 1800 Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic (died 1889)

• 1808 José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author (died 1842)

• 1824 Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician (died 1900)

• 1828 George Montgomery White, American politician (died 1860)

• 1840 Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel (died 1876)

• 1859 – Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (died 1939)

• 1863 Simon Flexner, American physician and academic (died 1946)

• 1867 Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (died 1941)

• 1867 Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (died 1957)

• 1868 Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (died 1932)

• 1871 Louis Perrée, French fencer (died 1924)

• 1872 Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (died 1955)

• 1873 Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist (died 1958)

• 1874 Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (died 1957)

• 1876 Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (died 1957)

• 1877 Walter Little, Canadian politician (died 1961)

• 1878 František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter (died 1955)

• 1879 Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1920)

• 1881 Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1945)

• 1881 Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator (died 1936)

• 1881 Mary Webb, English author and poet (died 1927)

• 1893 Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner (died 1971)

• 1895 Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician (died 1954)

• 1885 Jimmy Seed, English international footballer and manager (died 1966)

• 1897 Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (died 1981)

• 1899 François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (died 1994)

• 1900 George Carstairs, Australian rugby league player (died 1966)

1901–present

• 1901 Ed Begley, American actor (died 1970)

• 1903 Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (died 1998)

• 1903 Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (died 2001)

• 1903 Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (died 1990)

• 1904 Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (died 1967)

• 1905 Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel (died 1944)

• 1906 Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (died 1994)

• 1906 A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic (died 1990)

• 1908 David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)

• 1910 Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (died 2014)

• 1910 Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic (died 2012)

• 1912 Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (died 2005)

• 1912 Jean Vilar, French actor and director (died 1971)

• 1913 Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (died 2001)

• 1914 Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)

• 1914 Tassos, Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (died 1985)

• 1915 Dorothy Squires, Welsh singer (died 1998)

• 1916 S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (died 1993)

• 1918 Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 1995)

• 1920 Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1978)

• 1920 Patrick Troughton, English actor (died 1987)

• 1920 Usha Mehta, Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (died 2000)

• 1921 Nancy Kelly, American actress (died 1995)

• 1921 Simone Signoret, French actress (died 1985)

• 1921 Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia (died 1993)

• 1922 Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (died 2014)

• 1923 Bonnie Guitar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)

• 1923 Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (died 2003)

• 1924 Roberts Blossom, American actor (died 2011)

• 1924 Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (died 2019)

• 1925 Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (died 1964)

• 1925 Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher (died 2010)

• 1925 Kishori Sinha, Indian politician, social activist and advocate (died 2016)

• 1926 Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (died 2014)

• 1926 László Papp, Hungarian boxer (died 2003)

• 1926 Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (died 2009)

• 1926 Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (died 1999)

• 1926 Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic (died 2026)

• 1927 P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (died 2013)

• 1928 Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2025)

• 1928 Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (died 1985)

• 1928 Peter O'Brien, Australian rugby league player (died 2016)

• 1928 Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (died 2008)

• 1929 Cecil Taylor, American pianist and composer (died 2018)

• 1930 David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2013)

• 1930 Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (died 1982)

• 1930 Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)

• 1931 Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host (died 2025)

• 1932 Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1993)

• 1932 Wes Santee, American runner (died 2010)

• 1934 Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (died 1964)

• 1934 Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (died 2002)

• 1934 Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman

• 1934 Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center

• 1935 Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (died 1985)

• 1936 Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter (died 2008)

• 1937 Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza

• 1938 Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1999)

• 1938 Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter

• 1938 Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian racing driver (died 2020)

• 1939 Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist (died 1995)

• 1939 D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer (died 2019)

• 1941 Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research

• 1942 Robert J. Birgeneau, Canadian-American physicist

• 1942 Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2018)

• 1942 Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter

• 1942 Kim Woodburn, English television host (died 2025)

• 1943 Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director

• 1945 Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress (died 1972)

• 1946 Cliff Balsom, English footballer

• 1946 Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (died 2010)

• 1946 Stephen Hunter, American author and critic

• 1946 Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (died 1991)

• 1947 Richard Cork, English historian and critic

• 1947 Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

• 1948 Bonnie Bedelia, American actress

• 1948 Michael Stanley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)

• 1949 Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland)

• 1949 Sue Klebold, American activist

• 1950 Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (died 1995)

• 1950 Ronnie McDowell, American singer-songwriter

• 1950 David Paquette, American-New Zealander pianist

• 1951 Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (died 2000)

• 1952 Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health

• 1952 Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá

• 1953 Christos Ardizoglou, Greek footballer

• 1953 Robert Fox, English producer and manager

• 1953 Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia

• 1953 Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach

• 1954 Thom Loverro, American journalist and author

• 1955 Daniel Boulud, French chef and author

• 1955 Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager

• 1957 Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist

• 1957 Kanellos Kanellopoulos, Greek cyclist

• 1957 Jonathan Michie, English economist and academic

• 1957 Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler

• 1957 Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer

• 1958 Susie Bright, American journalist, author, and critic

• 1958 Lorna Brown, Canadian artist, curator, and writer

• 1958 Sisy Chen, Taiwanese journalist and politician

• 1958 María Caridad Colón, Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter

• 1958 John Ensign, American physician and politician

• 1958 Ray Tanner, American baseball player and coach

• 1958 Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure

• 1960 Mike Aulby, American bowler

• 1960 Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

• 1960 Peter O'Brien, Australian actor

• 1960 Brenda Strong, American actress

• 1961 Mark Brooks, American golfer

• 1962 Marcia Cross, American actress

• 1962 David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician

• 1963 Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer

• 1963 Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect

• 1963 Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer

• 1964 Norm Duke, American bowler

• 1964 Buzz Osborne, American musician

• 1964 René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach

• 1964 Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1965 Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach

• 1965 Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper

• 1965 Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer

• 1966 Tom Glavine, American baseball player

• 1966 Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer

• 1966 Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)

• 1966 Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer

• 1967 Matthew Barney, American sculptor and photographer

• 1967 Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor

• 1967 Debi Thomas, American figure skater and physician

• 1969 George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer

• 1969 Dale Davis, American basketball player

• 1969 Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress

• 1969 Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1970 Magnus Larsson, Swedish tennis player

• 1971 Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter and coach

• 1971 Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1971 Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player and coach

• 1972 Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel

• 1972 Giniel de Villiers, South African racing driver

• 1972 Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (died 2007)

• 1973 Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier

• 1973 Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

• 1973 Bob Sura, American basketball player

• 1974 Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player

• 1974 Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer

• 1975 Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player

• 1975 Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress

• 1975 Erika Heynatz, Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress

• 1976 Francie Bellew, Irish footballer

• 1976 Lars Figura, German sprinter

• 1976 Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer

• 1976 Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

• 1977 Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator

• 1977 Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower

• 1978 Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer

• 1978 Teddy Lussi-Modeste, French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher

• 1979 Nate Bargatze, American stand-up comedian and actor

• 1979 Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter

• 1980 Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter

• 1981 Casey Neistat, American YouTube personality

• 1982 Danica Patrick, American race car driver

• 1982 Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer

• 1982 Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author

• 1983 Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper

• 1984 Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1984 Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player

• 1985 Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1985 Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater

• 1986 Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player

• 1986 Megan Gibson, American softball player

• 1986 Kyle Lowry, American basketball player

• 1986 Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player

• 1987 Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player

• 1987 Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer

• 1987 Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater

• 1987 Hyun-jin Ryu, South Korean baseball player

• 1988 Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter

• 1988 Ryan Lewis, American music producer

• 1988 Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper

• 1988 Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player

• 1989 Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1989 Scott Sinclair, English footballer

• 1990 Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer

• 1990 Alexander Esswein, German footballer

• 1991 Scott Malone, English footballer

• 1992 Meg Lanning, Australian cricketer

• 1993 Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player

• 1993 Sam Johnstone, English footballer

• 1994 Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

• 1999 Mikey Madison, American actress

• 2000 Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 908 Li Kening, Chinese general

• 940 Taira no Masakado, Japanese samurai

• 990 Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saint

• 1005 Kenneth III, king of Scotland

• 1051 Hugh IV, French nobleman

• 1189 Frederick, duke of Bohemia

• 1223 Alfonso II, king of Portugal (born 1185)

• 1351 Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai

• 1351 Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai

• 1392 Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai

• 1458 Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (born 1398)

• 1558 Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (born 1495)

1601–1900

• 1603 Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyō (born 1526)

• 1609 Olaus Martini, Swedish archbishop (born 1557)

• 1609 Isabelle de Limeuil, French noble (born 1535)

• 1620 Johannes Nucius, German composer and theorist (born 1556)

• 1625 Giambattista Marino, Italian poet and author (born 1569)

• 1658 Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, German nobleman (born 1607)

• 1677 Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and etcher (born 1607)

• 1701 Jean Regnault de Segrais, French poet and novelist (born 1624)

• 1712 Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (born 1641)

• 1732 Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (born 1672)

• 1736 Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (born 1661)

• 1738 Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (born 1670)

• 1801 Novalis, German poet and author (born 1772)

• 1818 Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (born 1745)

• 1848 Nicolai Wergeland, Norwegian priest, writer and politician (born 1780)

• 1857 William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (born 1783)

• 1860 James Braid, Scottish surgeon (born 1795)

• 1869 Edward Bates, American politician and lawyer (born 1793)

• 1873 Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (born 1810)

1901–present

• 1907 Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (born 1836)

• 1908 Durham Stevens, American diplomat (born 1851)

• 1914 Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (born 1830)

• 1917 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (born 1832)

• 1918 Claude Debussy, French composer (born 1862)

• 1918 Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (born 1875)

• 1927 Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1843)

• 1931 Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (born 1890)

• 1931 Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (born 1862)

• 1932 Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (born 1845)

• 1942 William Carr, American rower (born 1876)

• 1951 Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (born 1887)

• 1956 Lou Moore, American race car driver (born 1904)

• 1956 Robert Newton, English actor (born 1905)

• 1958 Tom Brown, American trombonist (born 1888)

• 1964 Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1885)

• 1965 Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (born 1925)

• 1969 Billy Cotton, English singer, drummer, and bandleader (born 1899)

• 1969 Max Eastman, American poet and activist (born 1883)

• 1973 Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (born 1883)

• 1973 Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (born 1879)

• 1975 Juan Gaudino, Argentinian race car driver (born 1893)

• 1975 Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (born 1906)

• 1975 Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1894)

• 1976 Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (born 1888)

• 1976 Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (born 1890)

• 1979 Robert Madgwick, Australian colonel and academic (born 1905)

• 1979 Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (born 1914)

• 1980 Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist (born 1901)

• 1980 Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and educator (born 1913)

• 1982 Goodman Ace, American comedian and writer (born 1899)

• 1983 Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (born 1920)

• 1986 Gloria Blondell, American actress (born 1910)

• 1987 A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1906)

• 1988 Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (born 1930)

• 1991 Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (born 1905)

• 1992 Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (born 1922)

• 1994 Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (born 1922)

• 1994 Bernard Kangro, Estonian poet and journalist (born 1910)

• 1994 Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician (born 1899)

• 1995 James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (born 1926)

• 1995 John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer (born 1914)

• 1998 Max Green, Australian lawyer (born 1952)

• 1998 Steven Schiff, American lawyer and politician (born 1947)

• 1999 Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936)

• 2000 Helen Martin, American actress (born 1909)

• 2001 Brian Trubshaw, English cricketer and pilot (born 1924)

• 2002 Kenneth Wolstenholme, English journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)

• 2005 Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (born 1911)

• 2006 Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (born 1950)

• 2006 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (born 1944)

• 2006 Richard Fleischer, American film director (born 1916)

• 2006 Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)

• 2007 Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (born 1951)

• 2008 Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach (born 1915)

• 2008 Thierry Gilardi, French journalist and sportscaster (born 1958)

• 2008 Abby Mann, American screenwriter and producer (born 1927)

• 2008 Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin (born 1919)

• 2009 Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (born 1933)

• 2009 Kosuke Koyama, Japanese-American theologian and academic (born 1929)

• 2009 Dan Seals, American musician (born 1948)

• 2009 Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (born 1954)

• 2012 Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (born 1921)

• 2012 Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)

• 2012 John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (born 1915)

• 2012 Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (born 1988)

• 2012 Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic (born 1943)

• 2013 Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (born 1943)

• 2013 Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator (born 1913)

• 2013 Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (born 1927)

• 2013 Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper (born 1929)

• 2013 Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (born 1954)

• 2013 John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach (born 1920)

• 2014 Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (born 1915)

• 2014 Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (born 1930)

• 2014 Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1956)

• 2014 Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1946)

• 2014 Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (born 1943)

• 2014 Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (born 1918)

• 2015 George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator (born 1922)

• 2016 Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (born 1917)

• 2017 Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician (born 1921)

• 2019 Barrie Hole, Welsh footballer (born 1942)

• 2020 Floyd Cardoz, Indian-born American chef (born 1960)

• 2021 Beverly Cleary, American author (born 1916)

• 2022 Taylor Hawkins, American drummer and singer (born 1972)

• 2025 Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer (born 1949)

• 2025 Terry Manning, American musician and recording engineer (born 1947)

• 2026 Dash Crofts, American musician (born 1938)

• 2026 Alexander Kluge, German author, film director and public intellectual (born 1932)

Holidays and observances

• Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino)

Christian feast days:

• Feast of the Annunciation

• March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian Saints' days

• Ælfwold II of Sherborne

• Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas

• Omelyan Kovch (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)

• Dismas, the "Good Thief"

• Hilary Paweł Januszewski

• Humbert of Maroilles

• Josaphata Hordashevska

• Margaret Clitherow

• Procopius of Sázava

• Quirinus of Tegernsee

• Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide (Latvia)

• Cultural Workers Day (Russia)

• Empress Menen's Birthday (Rastafari)

• EU Talent Day (European Union)

• Freedom Day (Belarus)

• Independence Day, celebrates the start of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, in 1821. (Greece)

• International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (international)

• International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (United Nations General Assembly)

• International Day of the Unborn Child (international)

• Maryland Day (Maryland, United States)

• Medal of Honor Day (United States)

• Mother's Day (Slovenia)

New Year's Day (Lady Day) in England, Wales, Ireland, and some of the future United States and Canada from 1155 through 1751, until the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 moved it to 1 January and adopted the Gregorian calendar. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January.)

• It was also New Years Day in Scotland until (and including) 25 March 1599; 1600 in Scotland began in 1 January see Calendar (New Style) Act 1750#Scotland.

• Some other European countries also celebrated 25 March as New Years Day until the late Medieval period see New Year#Historical European new year dates.

• NZ Army Day

• Quarter day (first of four) in Ireland and England.

• Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia)

• Tolkien Reading Day

• Vårfrudagen or Våffeldagen, "Waffle Day" (Sweden, Norway & Denmark)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day