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| March 1st, 2040 (March 01 2040) | Birth | Martial, Latin poet (died in 102) | Martial Quotes |
| March 1st, 2007 (March 01 2007) | Event | Tornadoes swarm across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths were at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama. | |
| March 1st, 2007 (March 01 2007) | Event | "Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots. | |
| March 1st, 2006 (March 01 2006) | Event | Tarja Halonen is inaugurated as President of Finland for the second and last time. | |
| March 1st, 2006 (March 01 2006) | Event | English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station. | |
| March 1st, 2006 (March 01 2006) | Death | Peter Osgood, English footballer (born in 1947) | |
| March 1st, 2006 (March 01 2006) | Death | Harry Browne, American politician and author (born in 1933) | Harry Browne Quotes |
| March 1st, 2006 (March 01 2006) | Death | Johnny Jackson, American musician (born in 1951) | |
| March 1st, 2005 (March 01 2005) | Death | Peter Malkin Israeli secret agent (born in 1927) | |
| March 1st, 2004 (March 01 2004) | Event | Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. | |
| March 1st, 2004 (March 01 2004) | Event | Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq. | |
| March 1st, 2003 (March 01 2003) | Event | Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. | |
| March 1st, 2002 (March 01 2002) | Event | U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. | |
| March 1st, 2002 (March 01 2002) | Event | The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons). | |
| March 1st, 2002 (March 01 2002) | Event | The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (?). | |
| March 1st, 2000 (March 01 2000) | Event | The Constitution of Finland is rewritten. | |
| March 1st, 2000 (March 01 2000) | Event | Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC. | Hans Blix Quotes |
| March 1st, 2000 (March 01 2000) | Death | Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (born in 1961) | |
| March 1st, 1995 (March 01 1995) | Event | Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Jozef Oleksy. | |
| March 1st, 1995 (March 01 1995) | Death | Vladislav Listyev, Russian television journalist (born in 1956) | |
| March 1st, 1995 (March 01 1995) | Death | Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1946) | |
| March 1st, 1992 (March 01 1992) | Event | Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Yugoslavia. | |
| March 1st, 1991 (March 01 1991) | Death | Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor (Polaroid Corporation) (born in 1909) | |
| March 1st, 1990 (March 01 1990) | Event | Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. | |
| March 1st, 1990 (March 01 1990) | Birth | Harry Eden, English actor | |
| March 1st, 1990 (March 01 1990) | Birth | Nikolas Tsattalios, Australian soccer player | |
| March 1st, 1989 (March 01 1989) | Event | The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
| March 1st, 1989 (March 01 1989) | Birth | Sonya Kitchell, American singer | |
| March 1st, 1989 (March 01 1989) | Birth | Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer | |
| March 1st, 1988 (March 01 1988) | Birth | Katija Pevec, American actress | |
| March 1st, 1988 (March 01 1988) | Death | Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (born in 1907) | |
| March 1st, 1987 (March 01 1987) | Birth | Sammie, American singer | |
| March 1st, 1986 (March 01 1986) | Event | Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters in Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus. | Lucius Cornelius Sulla Quotes |
| March 1st, 1986 (March 01 1986) | Birth | Jonathan Spector, American soccer player | |
| March 1st, 1985 (March 01 1985) | Birth | Andreas Ottl, German footballer | |
| March 1st, 1985 (March 01 1985) | Birth | J Leman, American Football Player | |
| March 1st, 1984 (March 01 1984) | Birth | Naima Mora, American model | |
| March 1st, 1984 (March 01 1984) | Birth | Alexander Steen, Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player | |
| March 1st, 1984 (March 01 1984) | Death | Jackie Coogan, American actor (born in 1914) | |
| March 1st, 1983 (March 01 1983) | Birth | Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer | |
| March 1st, 1983 (March 01 1983) | Birth | Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter | |
| March 1st, 1983 (March 01 1983) | Birth | Chris Hackett, English footballer | |
| March 1st, 1983 (March 01 1983) | Birth | Blake Hawksworth, Canadian baseball player | |
| March 1st, 1981 (March 01 1981) | Birth | Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel | |
| March 1st, 1981 (March 01 1981) | Birth | Adam LaVorgna, American actor | |
| March 1st, 1981 (March 01 1981) | Birth | Will Power, Australian racing driver | |
| March 1st, 1981 (March 01 1981) | Birth | Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player | |
| March 1st, 1980 (March 01 1980) | Event | Voyager 1 probe confirms that Janus (moon of Saturn) exists. | |
| March 1st, 1980 (March 01 1980) | Birth | Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer | |
| March 1st, 1980 (March 01 1980) | Birth | Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer | |
| March 1st, 1980 (March 01 1980) | Birth | Djimi Traore, Malian footballer | |
| March 1st, 1980 (March 01 1980) | Death | Dixie Dean, English footballer (born in 1907) | |
| March 1st, 1980 (March 01 1980) | Death | Wilhelmina, high-fashion model and owner of model agency (born in 1940) | |
| March 1st, 1979 (March 01 1979) | Death | Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (born in 1903) | |
| March 1st, 1978 (March 01 1978) | Birth | Jensen Ackles, American actor | |
| March 1st, 1978 (March 01 1978) | Birth | Donovan Patton, Guamanian television star | |
| March 1st, 1978 (March 01 1978) | Birth | Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress | |
| March 1st, 1977 (March 01 1977) | Birth | Rens Blom, Dutch athlete | |
| March 1st, 1977 (March 01 1977) | Birth | Esther Canadas, Spanish actress and supermodel | |
| March 1st, 1976 (March 01 1976) | Birth | Peter F. Bell, Australian rules footballer | |
| March 1st, 1976 (March 01 1976) | Birth | Dave Malkoff, American TV News Reporter | |
| March 1st, 1975 (March 01 1975) | Event | Colour television transmissions begin in Australia. | |
| March 1st, 1974 (March 01 1974) | Event | Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. | |
| March 1st, 1974 (March 01 1974) | Birth | Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor | |
| March 1st, 1974 (March 01 1974) | Birth | Stephen Davis, American football player | |
| March 1st, 1974 (March 01 1974) | Death | Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (born in 1935) | |
| March 1st, 1973 (March 01 1973) | Event | Black September terrorists storm the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan resulting in the 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations. | |
| March 1st, 1973 (March 01 1973) | Birth | Jack Davenport, English actor | |
| March 1st, 1973 (March 01 1973) | Birth | Ryan Peake, Canadian guitarist (Nickelback) | |
| March 1st, 1973 (March 01 1973) | Birth | Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ | |
| March 1st, 1973 (March 01 1973) | Birth | Chris Webber, American basketball player | |
| March 1st, 1972 (March 01 1972) | Event | The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province. | |
| March 1st, 1971 (March 01 1971) | Event | A bomb explodes in a men s room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility. | |
| March 1st, 1971 (March 01 1971) | Event | Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. | |
| March 1st, 1971 (March 01 1971) | Birth | Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist | |
| March 1st, 1970 (March 01 1970) | Death | Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (born in 1894) | |
| March 1st, 1969 (March 01 1969) | Birth | Javier Bardem, Spanish actor | |
| March 1st, 1969 (March 01 1969) | Birth | Doug Creek, American baseball player | |
| March 1st, 1969 (March 01 1969) | Birth | Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals) | |
| March 1st, 1967 (March 01 1967) | Birth | Yelena Afanasyeva, Russian athlete | |
| March 1st, 1967 (March 01 1967) | Birth | George Eads, American actor | |
| March 1st, 1967 (March 01 1967) | Birth | Aron Winter, Dutch footballer | |
| March 1st, 1966 (March 01 1966) | Event | Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet s surface. | |
| March 1st, 1966 (March 01 1966) | Event | The Ba ath Party takes power in Syria. | |
| March 1st, 1966 (March 01 1966) | Birth | Susan Auch, Canadian speed-skater | |
| March 1st, 1966 (March 01 1966) | Death | Fritz Houtermans, German physicist (born in 1903) | |
| March 1st, 1965 (March 01 1965) | Birth | Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey | |
| March 1st, 1965 (March 01 1965) | Birth | Booker Huffman, American professional wrestler | |
| March 1st, 1965 (March 01 1965) | Birth | Mary Lou Lord, American singer/songwriter | |
| March 1st, 1964 (March 01 1964) | Birth | Paul Le Guen, French football manager | |
| March 1st, 1964 (March 01 1964) | Birth | Clinton Gregory, American musician | |
| March 1st, 1963 (March 01 1963) | Birth | Rob Affuso, American drummer | |
| March 1st, 1963 (March 01 1963) | Birth | Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking) | |
| March 1st, 1963 (March 01 1963) | Birth | Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| March 1st, 1963 (March 01 1963) | Birth | Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer | |
| March 1st, 1963 (March 01 1963) | Death | Irish Meusel, American baseball player (born in 1893) | |
| March 1st, 1963 (March 01 1963) | Death | Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (born in 1923) | |
| March 1st, 1962 (March 01 1962) | Event | American Airlines Flight 1 crashes on take off in New York. | |
| March 1st, 1961 (March 01 1961) | Event | President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| March 1st, 1961 (March 01 1961) | Event | Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections. | |
| March 1st, 1960 (March 01 1960) | Birth | William Bennett, English musician (Whitehouse) | |
| March 1st, 1958 (March 01 1958) | Event | Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia. | |
| March 1st, 1958 (March 01 1958) | Event | Turkish passenger ship Uskudar capsized and sank at Izmit Bay, Kocaeli, Turkey, killing at least 300. | |
| March 1st, 1958 (March 01 1958) | Birth | Bertrand Piccard, Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist | |
| March 1st, 1958 (March 01 1958) | Birth | Nik Kershaw, English musician | |
| March 1st, 1958 (March 01 1958) | Birth | Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor | |
| March 1st, 1956 (March 01 1956) | Event | The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization. | |
| March 1st, 1956 (March 01 1956) | Event | formation of the National People s Army | |
| March 1st, 1956 (March 01 1956) | Birth | Timothy Daly, American actor | |
| March 1st, 1954 (March 01 1954) | Event | Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States. | |
| March 1st, 1954 (March 01 1954) | Event | Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. (See U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954).) | |
| March 1st, 1954 (March 01 1954) | Birth | Catherine Bach, American actress | |
| March 1st, 1954 (March 01 1954) | Birth | Ron Howard, American actor and director | |
| March 1st, 1953 (March 01 1953) | Event | Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later. | Joseph Stalin Quotes |
| March 1st, 1953 (March 01 1953) | Birth | Richard Bruton, Irish politician and economist | |
| March 1st, 1952 (March 01 1952) | Birth | Steven Barnes, American writer | |
| March 1st, 1952 (March 01 1952) | Birth | Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer | |
| March 1st, 1952 (March 01 1952) | Birth | Martin O Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager | |
| March 1st, 1952 (March 01 1952) | Death | Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (born in 1873) | |
| March 1st, 1950 (March 01 1950) | Event | Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data. | |
| March 1st, 1949 (March 01 1949) | Event | Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch. | |
| March 1st, 1948 (March 01 1948) | Birth | Burning Spear, Jamaican singer and musician | |
| March 1st, 1947 (March 01 1947) | Event | The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations. | |
| March 1st, 1947 (March 01 1947) | Birth | Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter | |
| March 1st, 1946 (March 01 1946) | Event | The Bank of England is nationalised. | |
| March 1st, 1946 (March 01 1946) | Birth | Lana Wood, American actress | |
| March 1st, 1946 (March 01 1946) | Birth | Gerry Boulet, French-Canadian singer (died in 1990) | |
| March 1st, 1946 (March 01 1946) | Birth | Elvin Bethea, American football player | |
| March 1st, 1945 (March 01 1945) | Birth | Dirk Benedict, American actor | |
| March 1st, 1944 (March 01 1944) | Birth | John Breaux, U.S. Senator from Louisiana | |
| March 1st, 1944 (March 01 1944) | Birth | Mike d Abo, English singer (Manfred Mann) | |
| March 1st, 1944 (March 01 1944) | Birth | Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who) | |
| March 1st, 1943 (March 01 1943) | Event | World War II: Battle of Bismarck Sea begins. | |
| March 1st, 1943 (March 01 1943) | Birth | Gil Amelio, American venture capitalist | |
| March 1st, 1943 (March 01 1943) | Birth | Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast | |
| March 1st, 1943 (March 01 1943) | Birth | Richard H. Price, American physicist | |
| March 1st, 1943 (March 01 1943) | Birth | Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist | |
| March 1st, 1943 (March 01 1943) | Birth | Jose Angel Iribar, Spanish footballer | |
| March 1st, 1943 (March 01 1943) | Death | Alexandre Yersin, Swiss physician (born in 1863) | |
| March 1st, 1942 (March 01 1942) | Birth | Richard Bowman Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| March 1st, 1942 (March 01 1942) | Death | George S. Rentz, Navy Chaplain (born in 1882) | |
| March 1st, 1941 (March 01 1941) | Event | World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers. | |
| March 1st, 1941 (March 01 1941) | Event | W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.. | |
| March 1st, 1940 (March 01 1940) | Birth | Robert Grossman, American illustrator | |
| March 1st, 1940 (March 01 1940) | Death | Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (born in 1878) | |
| March 1st, 1939 (March 01 1939) | Event | Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump exploded at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. | |
| March 1st, 1939 (March 01 1939) | Birth | Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and guitarist | |
| March 1st, 1938 (March 01 1938) | Death | Gabriele D Annunzio, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (born in 1863) | |
| March 1st, 1937 (March 01 1937) | Birth | Jed Allan, American actor | |
| March 1st, 1936 (March 01 1936) | Event | The Hoover Dam is completed. | |
| March 1st, 1936 (March 01 1936) | Event | A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen s Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union. | |
| March 1st, 1936 (March 01 1936) | Birth | Monique Begin, French-Canadian politician | |
| March 1st, 1936 (March 01 1936) | Birth | Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (died in 1997) | |
| March 1st, 1936 (March 01 1936) | Death | Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (born in 1871) | |
| March 1st, 1935 (March 01 1935) | Birth | Robert Conrad, American actor | |
| March 1st, 1933 (March 01 1933) | Death | Uladzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (born in 1900) | |
| March 1st, 1932 (March 01 1932) | Event | The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped. | |
| March 1st, 1932 (March 01 1932) | Death | Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinettist (born in 1906) | |
| March 1st, 1930 (March 01 1930) | Birth | Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (died in 1980) | |
| March 1st, 1929 (March 01 1929) | Birth | Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (died in 1978) | |
| March 1st, 1929 (March 01 1929) | Death | Royal H. Weller, American politician (born in 1881) | |
| March 1st, 1928 (March 01 1928) | Birth | Seymour Papert, South African mathematician | |
| March 1st, 1928 (March 01 1928) | Birth | Jacques Rivette, French film director | |
| March 1st, 1927 (March 01 1927) | Birth | Harry Belafonte, American musician and activist | |
| March 1st, 1927 (March 01 1927) | Birth | Robert Bork, American legal scholar | |
| March 1st, 1926 (March 01 1926) | Birth | Robert Clary, French-born actor | |
| March 1st, 1926 (March 01 1926) | Birth | Pete Rozelle, American commissioner of the NFL (died in 1996) | |
| March 1st, 1926 (March 01 1926) | Birth | Cesare Danova, Italian-born American actor (died in 1992) | |
| March 1st, 1924 (March 01 1924) | Birth | Deke Slayton, American astronaut (died in 1993) | |
| March 1st, 1923 (March 01 1923) | Birth | Kuczka Peter, Hungarian writer and editor (died in 1999) | |
| March 1st, 1922 (March 01 1922) | Birth | William Gaines, American publisher (died in 1992) | |
| March 1st, 1922 (March 01 1922) | Birth | Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1995) | Yitzhak Rabin Quotes |
| March 1st, 1922 (March 01 1922) | Death | Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (born in 1892) | |
| March 1st, 1921 (March 01 1921) | Birth | Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (died in 1983) | |
| March 1st, 1921 (March 01 1921) | Birth | Richard Wilbur, American poet | |
| March 1st, 1920 (March 01 1920) | Birth | Howard Nemerov, American poet (died in 1991) | |
| March 1st, 1920 (March 01 1920) | Birth | Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1984) | |
| March 1st, 1920 (March 01 1920) | Death | John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (born in 1842) | |
| March 1st, 1920 (March 01 1920) | Death | Joseph Trumpeldor, Russian Zionist (born in 1880) | |
| March 1st, 1919 (March 01 1919) | Event | March 1st Movement begins in Korea. | |
| March 1st, 1918 (March 01 1918) | Birth | Roger Delgado, English actor (died in 1973) | |
| March 1st, 1918 (March 01 1918) | Birth | Joao Goulart, President of Brazil (died in 1976) | |
| March 1st, 1918 (March 01 1918) | Birth | Gladys Noon Spellman, American politician (died in 1988) | |
| March 1st, 1917 (March 01 1917) | Event | U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. | |
| March 1st, 1917 (March 01 1917) | Birth | Robert Lowell, American poet (died in 1977) | Robert Lowell Quotes |
| March 1st, 1914 (March 01 1914) | Event | The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union. | |
| March 1st, 1914 (March 01 1914) | Birth | Harry Caray, American sportscaster (died in 1998) | |
| March 1st, 1914 (March 01 1914) | Death | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (born in 1845) | |
| March 1st, 1913 (March 01 1913) | Birth | Ralph Ellison, American writer (died in 1994) | Ralph Ellison Quotes |
| March 1st, 1912 (March 01 1912) | Event | Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. | |
| March 1st, 1912 (March 01 1912) | Birth | Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, archbishop of Toronto (died in 2003) | |
| March 1st, 1912 (March 01 1912) | Death | George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (born in 1847) | George Grossmith Quotes |
| March 1st, 1911 (March 01 1911) | Death | Jacobus Henricus van t Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1852) | |
| March 1st, 1910 (March 01 1910) | Birth | Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 2002) | John Martin Quotes |
| March 1st, 1910 (March 01 1910) | Birth | David Niven, English actor (died in 1983) | |
| March 1st, 1906 (March 01 1906) | Death | Jose Maria de Pereda, Spanish novelist (born in 1833) | |
| March 1st, 1905 (March 01 1905) | Birth | Doris Hare, Welsh actress (died in 2000) | |
| March 1st, 1904 (March 01 1904) | Birth | Paul Hartman, American actor (died in 1973) | |
| March 1st, 1904 (March 01 1904) | Birth | Glenn Miller, American bandleader (died in 1944) | |
| March 1st, 1899 (March 01 1899) | Birth | Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (died in 1972) | Erich von dem Bach Quotes |
| March 1st, 1898 (March 01 1898) | Death | George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India, author (born in 1825) | |
| March 1st, 1896 (March 01 1896) | Event | Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. | |
| March 1st, 1896 (March 01 1896) | Event | Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. | |
| March 1st, 1896 (March 01 1896) | Birth | Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (died in 1960) | |
| March 1st, 1896 (March 01 1896) | Birth | Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (died in 1942) | |
| March 1st, 1893 (March 01 1893) | Birth | Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (died in 1968) | |
| March 1st, 1892 (March 01 1892) | Birth | Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (died in 1927) | |
| March 1st, 1889 (March 01 1889) | Birth | Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (died in 1960) | Philo Quotes |
| March 1st, 1888 (March 01 1888) | Birth | Ewart Astill, English cricketer (died in 1948) | |
| March 1st, 1886 (March 01 1886) | Event | The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham. | |
| March 1st, 1886 (March 01 1886) | Birth | Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet (died in 1980) | |
| March 1st, 1884 (March 01 1884) | Death | Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (born in 1820) | |
| March 1st, 1880 (March 01 1880) | Birth | Giles Lytton Strachey British writer (died in 1932) | Lytton Strachey Quotes |
| March 1st, 1879 (March 01 1879) | Death | Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (born in 1825) | |
| March 1st, 1878 (March 01 1878) | Event | First winter ascent of Aneto | |
| March 1st, 1876 (March 01 1876) | Birth | Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian IOC president (died in 1942) | |
| March 1st, 1875 (March 01 1875) | Death | Tristan Corbiere, French poet (born in 1845) | |
| March 1st, 1873 (March 01 1873) | Event | E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. | |
| March 1st, 1872 (March 01 1872) | Event | Yellowstone National Park is established as the world s first national park. | |
| March 1st, 1871 (March 01 1871) | Birth | Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (died in 1938) | |
| March 1st, 1867 (March 01 1867) | Event | Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital. | |
| March 1st, 1865 (March 01 1865) | Birth | Abe Iso, Japanese politician (died in 1949) | |
| March 1st, 1863 (March 01 1863) | Birth | Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (died in 1930) | |
| March 1st, 1862 (March 01 1862) | Death | Peter Barlow, English mathematician (born in 1776) | |
| March 1st, 1858 (March 01 1858) | Birth | Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (died in 1918) | Philo Quotes |
| March 1st, 1854 (March 01 1854) | Event | German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg. | |
| March 1st, 1852 (March 01 1852) | Event | Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |
| March 1st, 1852 (March 01 1852) | Birth | Theophile Delcasse, French statesman (died in 1923) | |
| March 1st, 1848 (March 01 1848) | Birth | Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-born American sculptor (died in 1907) | |
| March 1st, 1847 (March 01 1847) | Event | The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment. | |
| March 1st, 1845 (March 01 1845) | Event | President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. | John Tyler Quotes |
| March 1st, 1842 (March 01 1842) | Birth | Nicholaos Gysis, Greek painter (died in 1901) | |
| March 1st, 1841 (March 01 1841) | Death | Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (born in 1764) | |
| March 1st, 1840 (March 01 1840) | Event | Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France. | |
| March 1st, 1837 (March 01 1837) | Birth | William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, and politician (died in 1920) | William Dean Howells Quotes |
| March 1st, 1836 (March 01 1836) | Event | A Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico. | |
| March 1st, 1821 (March 01 1821) | Birth | Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Catholic bishop (died in 1896) | |
| March 1st, 1817 (March 01 1817) | Birth | Giovanni Dupre, Italian sculptor (died in 1882) | |
| March 1st, 1815 (March 01 1815) | Event | Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba. | |
| March 1st, 1812 (March 01 1812) | Birth | Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (died in 1852) | |
| March 1st, 1811 (March 01 1811) | Event | Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali. | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
| March 1st, 1810 (March 01 1810) | Birth | Frederic Chopin, Polish-French composer and pianist (died in 1849) | |
| March 1st, 1807 (March 01 1807) | Birth | Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died in 1898) | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| March 1st, 1805 (March 01 1805) | Event | Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate. | |
| March 1st, 1803 (March 01 1803) | Event | Ohio is admitted as the 17th U.S. state. | |
| March 1st, 1792 (March 01 1792) | Death | Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1747) | |
| March 1st, 1790 (March 01 1790) | Event | The first United States census is authorized. | |
| March 1st, 1781 (March 01 1781) | Event | The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation. | |
| March 1st, 1777 (March 01 1777) | Death | Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (born in 1715) | |
| March 1st, 1773 (March 01 1773) | Death | Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (born in 1700) | |
| March 1st, 1769 (March 01 1769) | Birth | Francois Severin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (died in 1796) | |
| March 1st, 1768 (March 01 1768) | Death | Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (born in 1694) | Philo Quotes |
| March 1st, 1760 (March 01 1760) | Birth | Francois Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (died in 1794) | |
| March 1st, 1757 (March 01 1757) | Death | Edward Moore, English writer (born in 1712) | Edward Moore Quotes |
| March 1st, 1734 (March 01 1734) | Death | Roger North, English biographer (born in 1653) | |
| March 1st, 1732 (March 01 1732) | Birth | William Cushing, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States. (died in 1810) | |
| March 1st, 1706 (March 01 1706) | Death | Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (born in 1632) | |
| March 1st, 1700 (March 01 1700) | Event | Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753. | Julian Quotes |
| March 1st, 1697 (March 01 1697) | Death | Francesco Redi, Italian physician (born in 1626) | |
| March 1st, 1692 (March 01 1692) | Event | Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials. | |
| March 1st, 1683 (March 01 1683) | Birth | Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (died in 1737) | George II of Great Britain Quotes |
| March 1st, 1661 (March 01 1661) | Death | Richard Zouch, English jurist (born in 1590) | |
| March 1st, 1657 (March 01 1657) | Birth | Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (died in 1740) | |
| March 1st, 1643 (March 01 1643) | Death | Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer (born in 1583) | |
| March 1st, 1642 (March 01 1642) | Event | Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in the USA. | |
| March 1st, 1633 (March 01 1633) | Event | Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu. | Cardinal Richelieu Quotes |
| March 1st, 1633 (March 01 1633) | Death | George Herbert, English poet and orator (born in 1593) | George Herbert Quotes |
| March 1st, 1628 (March 01 1628) | Event | Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England mandating that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. | |
| March 1st, 1620 (March 01 1620) | Death | Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (born in 1567) | Thomas Campion Quotes |
| March 1st, 1610 (March 01 1610) | Birth | John Pell, English mathematician (died in 1685) | |
| March 1st, 1597 (March 01 1597) | Birth | Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (died in 1652) | |
| March 1st, 1593 (March 01 1593) | Event | The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. | |
| March 1st, 1565 (March 01 1565) | Event | The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. | |
| March 1st, 1562 (March 01 1562) | Event | Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by Catholics in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion. | |
| March 1st, 1547 (March 01 1547) | Birth | Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (died in 1628) | Philo Quotes |
| March 1st, 1546 (March 01 1546) | Death | George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b 1513) | |
| March 1st, 1536 (March 01 1536) | Death | Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (born in 1465) | |
| March 1st, 1510 (March 01 1510) | Death | Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer | |
| March 1st, 1474 (March 01 1474) | Birth | Angela Merici, Italian nun (died in 1540) | |
| March 1st, 1457 (March 01 1457) | Event | The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderlandied in It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination. | |
| March 1st, 1456 (March 01 1456) | Birth | King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (died in 1516) | |
| March 1st, 1445 (March 01 1445) | Birth | Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died in 1510) | |
| March 1st, 1432 (March 01 1432) | Birth | Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (died in 1455) | |
| March 1st, 1383 (March 01 1383) | Death | Amadeus VI of Savoy (born in 1334) | |
| March 1st, 1244 (March 01 1244) | Death | Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Llywelyn the Great (born in 1200) | |
| March 1st, 1233 (March 01 1233) | Death | Count Thomas I of Savoy (born in 1178) | |
| March 1st, 1131 (March 01 1131) | Death | King Stephen II of Hungary (born in 1101) | Stephen King Quotes |
| March 1st, 0986 (March 01 0986) | Death | King Lothair of France (born in 941) | |
| March 1st, 0589 (March 01 0589) | Death | Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales (born in 500) | |
| March 1st, 0317 (March 01 0317) | Event | Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares | |
| March 1st, 0293 (March 01 0293) | Event | Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesares, thus beginning the Tetrarchy. | |
| March 1st, 0286 (March 01 0286) | Event | Roman Emperor Diocletian raises Maximian to the rank of Caesar. | |
