1st March
The March 1 is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years ), thus remain 305 days by year end.
In ancient Rome this day was originally the beginning of the calendar year on which the sacred fire was lit in the temple of Vesta . However, when in 153 BC When the Roman consuls moved their rule to January 1st, the beginning of their term of office was also the beginning of the new year.
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The World Meteorological Organization has set March 1st as the meteorological beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere.
Events
Politics and world events
- 86 BC BC : Sulla conquers Athens in the course of the 1st Mithridatic War and has it plundered.
- 286 : Maximian becomes Augustus (co-emperor) alongside Diocletian in the Roman Empire and takes care of its western part.
- 293 : Constantius Chlorus and Galerius are appointed co- emperors by the emperors Diocletian and Maximian as part of the tetrarchy of the Roman Empire .
- 305 : Constantius Chlorus and Galerius become emperors of the Roman Empire through the resignation of Diocletian and Maximian .
- 1420 : In his crusade bull , Pope Martin V calls for a crusade against the Hussites , thereby triggering the Hussite Wars .
- 1562 : A number of Huguenots are murdered by Catholics in Wassy . The massacre of Wassy releases the first Huguenot war in France from.
- 1565 : The Portuguese Estácio de Sá founded after the expulsion of by Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon cited French from the area around the Guanabara Bay the place Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro .
- 1700 : In the Protestant parts of the Holy Roman Empire and in Denmark is Gregorian calendar introduced. The previous day was February 18th July. .
- 1753 : Sweden adopts the Gregorian calendar , March 1st follows February 17th jul. .
- 1783 : With ratification by the last colony of Maryland , the articles of confederation adopted by the Second Continental Congress of the North American Thirteen Colonies come into force, forerunner of the United States Constitution .
- 1792 : After the death of Emperor Leopold II , his son Franz II becomes regent in the Holy Roman Empire .
- 1805 : Samuel Chase , the only senior judge in the United States against whom impeachment proceedings have been initiated, is acquitted of all charges.
- 1809 : The Illinois Territory is separated from the Indiana Territory by law . Kaskaskia becomes the capital of the newly created territory of the United States .
- 1811 : Muhammad Ali Pascha , governor of the Ottomans in Egypt , murdered several hundred Mamluks .
- 1815 : Napoleon returns to France from his exile on Elba and begins his rule of the Hundred Days .
- 1833 : The American Congress passes several laws that lead to an end to the nullification crisis .
- 1845 : The Farrapen Revolution ends in Brazil after almost ten years . The rebels in the southern Brazilian province of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul under Bento Gonçalves da Silva received an amnesty from provincial president Luís Alves de Lima e Silva in the Treaty of Ponche Verde. The Piratini Republic founded by General Antônio de Sousa Neto is dissolved.
- 1845 : US President John Tyler signs a declaration annexing the Republic of Texas by the United States .
- 1854 : In Mexico the dismissal to the president is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's targeted plan of Ayutla proclaimed. The liberal Juan Álvarez Benítez and some opponents of Santa Anna accuse Santa Anna of repression, the abolition of representative democracy and, because of the sale of Mexican territory in the Gadsden purchase , of treason.
- 1867 : The southeastern part of the previous Nebraska Territory joins the USA under the name Nebraska as the 37th state . The remaining parts are assigned to other territories .
- 1870 : With the death of the Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López , who does not want to be captured by Allied soldiers, the fighting ends in the Latin American Triple Alliance War .
- 1879 : After the port city of Antofagasta was occupied by Chilean troops on February 14, Bolivia declares war on its neighboring country. The saltpeter war will last until 1884 and cost Bolivia access to the sea.
- 1896 : Ethiopia under Menelik II can maintain its independence against the Italians under Oreste Baratieri in the battle of Adua . Italy must temporarily bury its colonial dreams of a unified Italian East Africa .
- 1900 : Governor Wilhelm Solf hoists the German imperial flag in Milinuu in the new German colony of Samoa, known as a "protected area" .
- 1919 : In Korea , the March 1st Movement begins as a demonstration for a deliberate independence of Korea from the Japanese Empire . Around 7,500 people were killed in the uprising until the crackdown in August.
- 1920 : The Hungarian parliament elects Miklós Horthy as provisional administrator as head of state.
- 1932 : As a result of the Manchuria crisis, Japan establishes the puppet state of Manchukuo , with the former Chinese emperor Puyi as head of state.
- 1935 : The Saarland is fully incorporated into the German Reich again , but remains as a political unit.
- 1941 : Bulgaria joins the Tripartite Pact of the Axis powers of World War II at.
- 1942 : Japan destroys the last remnants of the Allied ABDA fleet, which had been defeated the day before in the Battle of the Java Sea , in the Battle of the Sunda Strait in the Pacific War .
- 1950 : Chiang Kai-shek proclaims the continued existence of the Republic of China in Taiwan , the Kuomintang's retreat after the civil war .
- 1950 : In London, Klaus Fuchs , formerly involved in the Manhattan project , is convicted of betraying secrets to the Soviet Union . The sentence is set the next day at 14 years.
- 1952 : After the occupation and use as a bombing site by the Royal Air Force at the end of the Second World War , Great Britain returns the island of Heligoland to Germany .
- 1953 : After a dinner with Georgi Malenkov , Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, Josef Stalin suffers a stroke, of which he dies four days later.
- 1954 : Miscalculations when the United States detonated the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll resulted in radioactive fallout on the inhabited island of Rongelap . 236 residents are irradiated, as well as the crew of a Japanese fishing boat more than a hundred kilometers away.
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- 1956 : The National People's Army (NVA) and the Ministry for National Defense are founded in the German Democratic Republic .
- 1956 : The Supreme Court rules the University of Alabama must admit the first black female student, Autherine Lucy. A few hours later, the university banned her from studying for defamation.
- 1961 : US President John F. Kennedy announces the establishment of the Peace Corps to support developing countries with economic reconstruction.
- 1970 : In the national elections in Austria, the SPÖ under Bruno Kreisky achieves its best post-war result to date and becomes the strongest party.
- 1972 : The apprentice Richard Epple , who is stopped by a police patrol without a driver's license and under the influence of alcohol, is shot after a chase by the police who believe he is an RAF member.
- 1979 : In a referendum, 51.6% of voters in Scotland vote in favor of the establishment of a Scottish regional parliament. However, the bill will not be implemented due to insufficient voter turnout.
- 1990 : The regulation of the Hans Modrow government on civilian service in the GDR comes into force, replacing alternative military service as a construction soldier .
- 1992 : The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Yugoslavia after a controversial referendum .
- 1994 : South Africa cedes its exclave Walvis Bay to Namibia .
- 1999 : The Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force.
- 2000 : A company of Russian paratroopers is completely wiped out by Chechen rebels during the Battle of Height 776 in the Second Chechen War .
- 2002 : Operation Anaconda , which will run until March 18, begins in eastern Afghanistan with the aim of killing 500 to 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters suspected there .
- 2003 : In Rawalpindi is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arrested by Pakistani security forces. He is suspected of having been the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks .
- 2018 : As the successor to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer , who is moving to federal politics as CDU General Secretary , the Saarland state parliament elects Tobias Hans, the previous parliamentary group leader of the CDU in Saarbrücken, as the new Prime Minister.
economy
- 1711 : One of the early modern newspapers, The Spectator , first appeared in London.
- 1808 : The Kingdom of Bavaria takes over the postal service from the Thurn und Taxis house in a contract dated February 28th . The prince receives an annual severance payment and is allowed to keep the title of Reichs-Ober-Postmeister .
- 1882 : With the support of his uncle Hermann Tietz, the German businessman Oscar Tietz opens his first department store in Gera and thus lays the foundation for one of the largest German department store groups, the later Hertie Waren- und Kaufhaus GmbH .
- 1893 : In Hanover , the first edition of the magazine is published Hannoverscher indicator , today's Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung .
- 1901 : The Wuppertal suspension railway starts operating on the first section of the Zoologischer Garten – Kluse section.
- 1907 : The company Hatsudoki Seizo is founded as the first automobile manufacturer in Japan and is known worldwide under the name Daihatsu .
- 1912 : In Hamburg, scheduled operations between Rathausmarkt and Barmbek begin on the first section of the Hamburg subway ring line .
- 1925 : In Austria the Schilling replaces the Krone as currency .
- 1938 : The South Korean conglomerate Samsung is founded.
- 1946 : The Bank of England is nationalized, its existing shareholders are compensated.
- 1947 : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) begins operations.
- 1948 : The Bank deutscher Länder is founded in Frankfurt am Main by law No. 60 of the military government in Germany . As a central bank, it is the forerunner of the Deutsche Bundesbank .
- 1972 : After around five years of construction, the Nuremberg subway starts operating on the first section between Langwasser Süd and Bauernfeindstrasse .
- 1983 : Swatch Group AG introduces the Swatch watch in Zurich .
- 1990 : The Council of Ministers of the GDR under Hans Modrow decides to found the establishment for the fiduciary administration of public property , the predecessor of the Federal German Treuhandanstalt .
- 1997 : The Nintendo 64 video game console is released in Europe.
science and technology
- 1780 : The French astronomer Pierre Méchain discovers two spiral galaxies in the constellation Leo , which are later listed as Messier 65 and Messier 66 .
- 1879 : Engineer Werner Siemens installs a carbon arc lamp he developed for street lighting purposes . Shortly afterwards, the city of Berlin equips a street with this electric light source for the first time in the world.
- 1896 : With the development of photographic plates of an attempt to X-rays detected Henri Becquerel the radioactivity .
- 1912 : The American Albert Berry is the first person to parachute from an airplane.
- 1945 : The German test pilot Lothar Sieber is killed in the only manned flight of the first vertical take-off rocket aircraft Bachem Natter .
- 1963 : The US surgeon Thomas E. Starzl performs the world's first human liver transplant in Denver.
- 1966 : The landing module of the Soviet space probe Venera 3 is the first man-made object to reach the planet Venus , but it partially burns up in the atmosphere when it lands .
- 1999 : Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones set off from Château-d'Oex in Switzerland for their third attempt to circumnavigate the world non- stop in their Orbiter 3 hot air balloon .
- 2002 : Envisat , the hitherto most massive satellite of the ESA will start as a successor of ERS-1 and ERS-2 with an Ariane 5 rocket into the orbit .
Culture
- 1661 : The premiere of the opera Gli amori d'Apollo con Clizia by Antonio Bertali takes place at the Hofburg in Vienna .
- 1790 : The opera Les Brouilleries by Henri Montan Berton is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- 1794 : The opera Il Primo Navigatore by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel is premiered in the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
- 1818 : With the overture in Italian style , a work by Franz Schubert is performed in Vienna for the first time .
- 1823 : In Vienna, the Volksgarten is the first park in court ownership to open to the public.
- 1873 : The operetta Der Carneval in Rom by Johann Strauss is premiered in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The text is by Joseph Braun, the lyrics by Richard Genée .
- 1908 : Il Figlio del mare , lyrical scenes in three acts by Giuseppe Cicognani, premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
- 1956 : The operetta Pfälzer Musikanten by Hans Striehl is premiered at the Landestheater Linz .
society
- 1692 : In Salem , Massachusetts, is Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, the slave due to the allegations of eleven year old Abigail Williams under the accusation of witchcraft arrested.
- 1932 : Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's two-year-old son is kidnapped from the pilot couple's apartment. On May 12th the child was found dead.
- 1978 : On the night of March 2nd, the coffin of comedian Charlie Chaplin is stolen from the Swiss cemetery in Corsier-sur-Vevey to extort a ransom.
- 2017 : Finland is the last Nordic country to allow same-sex marriage .
religion
- 499 : After the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great spoke out for Pope Symmachus and against the antipope Laurentius , Laurentius was deposed and instead was given the office of Bishop of Nuceria Alfaterna in Campania .
- 705 : John VII is elected Pope.
- 1837 : The merging of two Catholic congregations in France gives rise to the Congregation of the Holy Cross , which later spreads across the world.
Disasters
- 1694 : In a heavy storm, seven English warships of a naval formation under Rear Admiral Sir Francis Wheeler sink off Gibraltar , including the flagship Sussex , which is believed to be carrying a secret cargo of ten tons of gold or 100 tons of silver, and two other ships of the line, the Cambridge and the Lumley Castle . Rear Admiral Wheeler is one of the 823 victims of the disaster.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
nature and environment
- 1872 : With the signature of US President Ulysses S. Grant , Yellowstone National Park in the USA is created by law as the first national park in the world.
Sports
- 1911 : The Saxon Mountaineering Association , the largest Saxon sports association, is founded in Dresden .
- 2003 : Roy Jones Jr. wins his boxing match , and therefore the World Championship in heavyweight against John Ruiz .
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 40 : Martial , Roman poet
- 625 : al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī , son of ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib and Fatima bint Muhammad as second Imam of the Shiites and grandson of the Prophet Mohammed
- 1105 : Alfonso VII , King of Galicia, later King of León and Castile
- 1261 : Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester , English magnate, diplomat and military man
- 1325 : Gidō Shūshin , Japanese poet and writer and Buddhist monk
- 1389 : Antonio Pierozzi , Florentine theologian, Prior of San Marco and Archbishop of Florence
- 1445 : Sandro Botticelli , Italian painter and draftsman of the early Renaissance
- 1456 : Vladislav II , King of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia
- 1519 : Petrus Vincentius German rhetorician, ethicist, dialect and pedagogue
- 1547 : Rudolf Goclenius the Elder , German professor of philosophy, ethics and physics
- 1552 : Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg , Countess Palatine near the Rhine in Neuburg
- 1567 : Jacob van Heemskerk , Dutch admiral, captain of the Dutch East India Company
- 1595 : Menno Hanneken , German Lutheran theologian
- 1596 : Friedrich von Sachsen-Weimar , German nobleman, colonel in the Thirty Years War
- 1610 : Johann Balthasar Schupp , German satirical writer and spiritual poet
- 1613 : Konrad Post , German Protestant clergyman
- 1615 : Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Baronet , English nobleman
- 1656 : Hans Heinrich von Ahlefeldt , owner of Gut Seestermühe
- 1657 : Samuel Werenfels , Swiss Reformed theologian
18th century
- 1701 : Johann Jakob Breitinger , Swiss philologist and author
- 1717 : Catharina Helena Dörrien , German botanist and educator
- 1721 : Juan Crespí , Spanish Franciscan and missionary
- 1735 : Jean Pierre Erman , German historian
- 1741 : Johann Georg Edlinger , Austrian painter
- 1744 : Étienne Lenoir , French instrument maker
- 1753 : Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm Lentze was a German clergyman
- 1760 : François-Nicolas-Léonard Buzot , French revolutionary
- 1768 : Pierre Coudrin , French priest and founder of the order
- 1769 : François Séverin Marceau , General of the French Republic
- 1781 : Friedrich Rühs , German historian
- 1790 : Emil André , German forester
- 1796 : Gregor Rihar , Slovenian composer
- 1797 : Lodewijk Gerard Visscher , Dutch literary scholar and historian
- 1799 : Alexei Nikolajewitsch Werstowski , Russian composer
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801 : Henriette Davidis , German cook and cookbook author
- 1804 : Franz Hanfstaengl , German painter, lithographer and photographer
- 1807 : Wilford Woodruff , American clergyman, fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 1810 : Frédéric Chopin , born February 22nd or March 1st, Polish composer and pianist
- 1816 : Kawatake Mokuami , Japanese kabuki author
- 1817 : Giovanni Dupré , Italian sculptor
- 1819 : Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben , German medic
- 1820 : Rudolf Buchheim , German founder of pharmacology as an independent experimental science
- 1821 : Joseph Hubert Reinkens , German Catholic theologian, first bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany
- 1828 : John Gould Stephenson , American medic, director of the Library of Congress
- 1832 : Ludwig Franzius , German hydraulic engineer
- 1832 : Friedrich Grützmacher , German cellist and composer
- 1832 : Josef Matras , Austrian actor and folk singer
- 1834 : Charlotte Wolter , German actress
- 1837 : Georg Ebers , German Egyptologist and writer
- 1837 : William Dean Howells , American writer
- 1841 : Blanche Bruce , American politician
- 1841 : Romualdo Marenco , Italian musician and composer
- 1842 : Rafael Guastavino , Spanish architect and builder
- 1842 : Wilhelm Jordan , German geodesist and mathematician
- 1846 : Josef Aigner , German businessman and politician
1851-1900
- 1852 : Théophile Delcassé , French politician, minister of war and foreign affairs
- 1855 : Meta von Salis , Switzerland's first female historian, women's rights activist, philosopher and pen pal of Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1858 : Jan de Vries , Dutch mathematician
- 1858 : Georg Simmel , German sociologist and cultural philosopher
- 1859 : Georg Arnhold , German banker and pacifist
- 1864 : Rudolf Achleitner , Austrian conductor and composer
- 1867 : Konrad Agahd , German writer, educator and journalist
- 1868 : Sophie Chotek von Chotkowa , Bohemian noblewoman, wife of the Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand
- 1868 : Adolfo Wildt , Italian sculptor
- 1871 : Ferdinand Andri , Austrian painter and graphic artist
- 1871 : Oskar Heinroth , German ornithologist and director of the Berlin aquarium
- 1871 : Ernst Leitz II , German entrepreneur ( Leica )
- 1875 : Sigurður Eggerz , Icelandic politician, prime minister and finance minister
- 1876 : Henri de Baillet-Latour , Belgian aristocrat, President of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC )
- 1876 : Arthur Ruppin , German Jewish sociologist and Zionist, and pioneer of the founding of Tel Aviv
- 1878 : Gabriel Dupont , French composer
- 1879 : Robert Daniel Carmichael , American mathematician
- 1879 : Aleksandar Stambolijski , Bulgarian politician
- 1880 : Manfred Kyber , German author of animal stories
- 1880 : Lytton Strachey , British biographer, critic and writer
- 1882 : Wilhelm Schomburgk , German lawyer and banker
- 1884 : Maria Assunta Arbesser von Rastburg , Austrian painter and wood sculptor
- 1884 : Erich Cohn , German chess player
- 1885 : Lionel Atwill , American film and stage actor
- 1885 : Jürgen Fehling , German theater director and actor
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- 1886 : Oskar Kokoschka , Austrian painter, graphic artist and writer of Expressionism and Viennese Modernism
- 1887 : Pavel Argeyev , Franco-Russian fighter pilot
- 1888 : Josef Brendle , German academic painter
- 1888 : Robert Petschow , German balloonist and photographer
- 1889 : Okamoto Kanoko , Japanese writer
- 1889 : Max Terpis , Swiss dancer, choreographer, director and psychologist
- 1890 : Heinz Hilpert , German actor and theater director
- 1890 : Benito Quinquela Martín , Argentine painter
- 1892 : Karl-Axel Kullerstrand , Swedish high jumper
- 1892 : Akutagawa Ryūnosuke , Japanese poet and writer
- 1893 : Mercedes de Acosta , American writer, fashion designer
- 1893 : Edlef Köppen , German writer and radio editor
- 1894 : José Antonio Benton , German lawyer and writer
- 1894 : Hans Orlowski , German painter and wood cutter
- 1896 : Rudolf Anthes , German Egyptologist
- 1896 : Dimitri Mitropoulos , Greek-American conductor
- 1897 : Shoghi Effendi , head of the Baha'i community
- 1898 : Wilhelm Pramme , German painter, resin painter and member of the Wernigerode artists' colony
- 1899 : Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski , German general of the SS and the police, commander of the suppression of the Warsaw uprising
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Tommy Jarrell , American fiddle and banjo player and singer
- 1903 : Herbert Kriedemann , German politician, MdL, MdB, MdEP
- 1904 : Glenn Miller , American jazz trombonist, band leader, composer and arranger
- 1905 : Kurt Diedrich , German schoolboy and non-fiction author
- 1907 : Béla Barényi , Austrian-German automobile designer, co-founder of passive safety in automobile construction
- 1908 : Kikuta Kazuo , Japanese playwright and actor
- 1909 : René Gardi , Swiss travel writer
- 1910 : Mapy Cortés , Puerto Rican actress
- 1910 : Archer JP Martin , British biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1910 : David Niven , British actor
- 1910 : Erika Streit , Swiss painter, graphic artist and draftsman
- 1911 : Harry Golombek , British chess grandmaster
- 1911 : Joachim Ruoff , German SS officer in the SS Leadership Main Office
- 1912 : Mario Genta , Italian football player
- 1912 : Walter Davis , American blues musician
- 1913 : Nathan Bor , American boxer
- 1913 : Hans Schwartz , German football player
- 1914 : Ralph Ellison , American author
- 1914 : Gustl Gstettenbaur , German actor
- 1915 : Gianni Leoni , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1916 : Krystyna Feldman , Polish actress
- 1916 : Willi Lindlar , German local politician
- 1917 : Robert Lowell , American poet
- 1917 : Cliffie Stone , American country musician, presenter, and producer
- 1918 : Franz Becker , German football player
- 1918 : Hermann Biechele , German educator and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1918 : Marie-Louise Berneri , Italian author and anarchist
- 1918 : João Goulart , Brazilian politician and president
- 1918 : Adrian Warburton , British military pilot
- 1919 : Ludwig Volkholz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1920 : Simon Ignatius Pimenta , Indian Archbishop of Bombay and Cardinal
- 1921 : Jack Clayton , British film director
- 1921 : Terence Cooke , American Archbishop of New York and Cardinal
- 1922 : William Maxwell Gaines , American comic book series editor, founder of MAD magazine
- 1922 : Albert Leicht , German politician
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- 1922 : Yitzchak Rabin , Israeli chief of staff, politician, minister and prime minister, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1923 : Charles Cyroulnik , French violinist
- 1924 : Daniel Casriel , American physician, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- 1924 : Deke Slayton , American astronaut
- 1925 : Alexandre do Nascimento , Angolan Archbishop of Luanda and Cardinal
1926-1950
- 1926 : Robert Clary , French actor
- 1926 : Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke , German church musician and composer
- 1926 : Pete Rozelle , American sports official
- 1927 : George Ogden Abell , American astronomer
- 1927 : Rudi Arndt , German politician, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt a. M., MdL, State Minister, MEP
- 1927 : Harry Belafonte , American singer, actor and entertainer
- 1927 : Claude Gensac , French actress
- 1927 : Henning Schlueter , German actor
- 1927 : Anneliese Zänsler , German opera singer and musicologist
- 1928 : Peter von Polenz , German linguist
- 1928 : Jacques Rivette , French director
- 1929 : Georgi Markow , Bulgarian writer
- 1930 : Pierre-Max Dubois , French composer
- 1930 : Eberhard Fiebig , German sculptor
- 1930 : Gastone Nencini , Italian racing cyclist
- 1931 : Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten , German general, deputy minister for national defense and head of the border troops of the GDR
- 1931 : Lamberto Dini , Italian head of government
- 1932 : Adalbert Schmitt , German entrepreneur and restaurateur
- 1933 : Alan Ameche , American football player
- 1933 : István Láng , Hungarian composer
- 1933 : Dietrich Sperling , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1934 : Jacques Chessex , Swiss writer
- 1934 : Jean-Michel Folon , Belgian artist
- 1934 : Joan Hackett , American actress
- 1935 : Walter Acosta , Uruguayan actor, theater director and dramaturge
- 1935 : Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge , Nigerian clergyman, Bishop of Ondo
- 1935 : Robert Conrad , American actor
- 1935 : Leze Qena , Kosovar Albanian actress
- 1935 : Hermann Mucke , Austrian astronomer
- 1936 : Ursula Countess von Brockdorff , German politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1937 : Günther Bosch , German-Romanian tennis player and coach
- 1937 : Ottfried Hennig , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister
- 1938 : Habib al-Adli , Egyptian politician
- 1938 : Rolf Kramer , German sports reporter
- 1938 : Adi Rinner , Austrian composer and conductor
- 1939 : Dieter Asmus , German painter and graphic artist
- 1939 : Leo Brouwer , Cuban guitarist and composer
- 1939 : Don Talbert , American football player
- 1939 : Tzvetan Todorov , Bulgarian writer and scientist
- 1940 : Albrecht Feibel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1940 : Gene Perla , American jazz bassist
- 1940 : Erich Schleyer , German-Austrian actor and author
- 1940 : Ralph Towner , American jazz musician
- 1941 : Robert Hass , American poet
- 1941 : Sulejman Mato , Albanian writer
- 1942 : Michael Giles , British jazz-rock drummer
- 1942 : Konrad Adam , German journalist and publicist
- 1942 : Bernhard Heitz , Old Catholic Bishop of Austria
- 1942 : Harald Kujat , German general, inspector general of the Bundeswehr, chairman of the NATO military committee
- 1943 : Gil Amelio , American physicist and manager
- 1943 : Jürgen Alexander Heß , German illustrator
- 1943 : Franz Hohler , Swiss writer, cabaret artist and songwriter
- 1943 : Ben Jipcho , Kenyan athlete
- 1943 : Rashid Sunyaev , Russian astrophysicist
- 1943 : Piet Veerman , Dutch singer and guitarist
- 1944 : Roger Daltrey , British musician, co-founder and singer of the rock band The Who
- 1944 : Mike d'Abo , British musician and singer
- 1944 : Árni Johnsen , Icelandic politician
- 1945 : Dirk Benedict , American actor
- 1945 : Wilfried Van Moer , Belgian football player
- 1946 : Tony Ashton , British rock musician
- 1946 : Elvin Bethea , American football player
- 1946 : Jim Crace , British writer
- 1946 : Jost Gross , Swiss politician
- 1946 : Gert Hoffmann , German lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Braunschweig
- 1946 : Jan Kodeš , Czech tennis player
- 1946 : Lana Wood , American actress and producer
- 1947 : Klaus Uwe Benneter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1947 : Peter Tettinger , German legal scholar, judge at the Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1948 : Herwig Ahrendsen , German handball player
- 1948 : Joachim Tschirner , German film director and typesetter
- 1949 : Martin Disler , Swiss painter, sculptor and writer
1951-1975
- 1951 : Susanne Albrecht , German terrorist of the Red Army Faction (RAF)
- 1951 : Scott Ross , American harpsichordist
- 1951 : Elliott Sharp , American multi-instrumentalist and composer
- 1952 : Nevada Barr , American writer
- 1952 : Heidi Hansen , German actress
- 1952 : Matthäus Strebl , German trade unionist and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1953 : Rolf Danneberg , German athlete
- 1953 : José Higueras , Spanish tennis player and coach
- 1953 : Klaus Wanninger , German writer and theologian
- 1953 : Stephan Wittwer , Swiss musician, improviser and composer
- 1954 : Catherine Bach , American actress
- 1954 : Carles Benavent , Spanish jazz and flamenco bassist
- 1954 : Ron Howard , American actor, director, and film producer
- 1954 : Monika Pflug , German speed skater
- 1954 : Volker Wieker , 15th General Inspector of the Bundeswehr
- 1955 : Pepe Danquart , German filmmaker
- 1955 : Alexander Duda , German actor
- 1956 : Dalia Grybauskaitė , Lithuanian politician, EU Commissioner and first Lithuanian President
- 1956 : Wolfram Morath-Vogel , German art historian
- 1957 : Pete Athans , American mountaineer
- 1958 : Hansa Czypionka , German actor
- 1958 : Katerina Jacob , German actress
- 1958 : Nik Kershaw , British pop musician
- 1958 : Bertrand Piccard , Swiss psychiatrist, scientist and adventurer
- 1958 : Egbert Scheunemann , German political scientist, natural philosopher and book author
- 1959 : Laura Karpman , American composer and university professor
- 1959 : Stephan Kimmig , German theater director
- 1960 : Armin Reutershahn , German soccer coach
- 1961 : Hiroyasu Aizawa , Japanese ski jumper
- 1961 : Albert Mülleder , Austrian organist and vicariate cantor
- 1962 : Ni Amorim , Portuguese racing car driver
- 1962 : Ingo Naujoks , German actor
- 1963 : Thomas Anders , German pop singer
- 1963 : Ron Francis , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 : Ubaldo Righetti , Italian football player
- 1964 : Paul Le Guen , French football coach
- 1965 : Booker T , American wrestler
- 1966 : Susan Auch , Canadian speed skater
- 1966 : Zack Snyder , American director
- 1967 : Jelena Alexandrovna Afanassjewa , Russian middle-distance runner
- 1967 : Gela Beschuaschwili , Georgian Foreign Minister
- 1967 : George Eads , American actor
- 1967 : Franzobel , Austrian writer
- 1968 : Manfred Baumann , Austrian photographer
- 1968 : Katja Kittler , German handball player
- 1968 : Swen Schulz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1969 : Javier Bardem , Spanish actor
- 1970 : Stig Amthor , German racing car driver
- 1970 : Hala Gorani , Syrian-American journalist
- 1970 : Dirk van der Ven , German football player
- 1971 : Thomas Adès , English composer, conductor and pianist
- 1971 : Tyler Hamilton , American racing cyclist
- 1971 : Dick Norman , Belgian tennis player
- 1972 : Andraž Vehovar , Slovenian canoeist
- 1973 : Jack Davenport , British actor
- 1973 : Ryō Michigami , Japanese racing car driver
- 1973 : Chris Webber , American basketball player
- 1974 : Mark-Paul Gosselaar , American actor
- 1974 : Mark Zimmermann , German soccer player
- 1975 : Christian Anderl , Austrian radio presenter, photographer, video producer and filmmaker
- 1975 : Rüdiger Kauf , German soccer player
- 1975 : Valentina Monetta , San Marinese pop singer
1976-2000
- 1976 : Alex Debón , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1976 : Kamau , Brazilian rapper, mathematician and professional skateboarder
- 1976 : Mario D. Richardt , German moderator and author
- 1977 : Nikki Anderson , Hungarian porn actress
- 1977 : Rens Blom , Dutch athlete
- 1978 : Jensen Ackles , American actor
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- 1978 : Liya Kebede , Ethiopian model
- 1978 : Stefan Nimke , German cyclist
- 1979 : Hussein Zaky , Egyptian handball player
- 1981 : Adam LaVorgna , American actor
- 1981 : Will Power , Australian racing driver
- 1982 : Leryn Franco , Paraguayan athlete and model
- 1982 : Kim Min-hee , South Korean actress
- 1983 : Runa Aléon , German actress
- 1983 : Carlos Abellán , Spanish cyclist
- 1983 : Maxi Warwel , German actress
- 1984 : Anon Sangsanoi , Thai soccer player
- 1984 : Patrick Helmes , German soccer player
- 1984 : Boško Janković , Serbian football player
- 1985 : Dario Giuseppetti , German motorcycle racer
- 1985 : Andreas Ottl , German soccer player
- 1985 : Łukasz Tumicz , Polish football player
- 1986 : Ajsel Kujović , Swedish football player
- 1986 : Jonathan Spector , American football player
- 1987 : Andreas Adityawarman , Indonesian badminton player
- 1987 : Alexander Vladimirovich Bumagin , Russian ice hockey player
- 1987 : Kesha , American singer
- 1988 : Mikhail Vyacheslavovich Anissin , Russian ice hockey player
- 1988 : Aljona Evgenjewna Aschtscheulowa , Russian natural track tobogganist
- 1988 : Jack Clarke , British racing driver
- 1988 : Jasmin Jannermann , German soccer player
- 1989 : Carlos Vela , Mexican soccer player
- 1990 : Harry Eden , British actor
- 1991 : Mathias Autret , French football player
- 1991 : Florian Hübner , German soccer player
- 1992 : Tomas Walsh , New Zealand athlete
- 1993 : Juan Bernat , Spanish soccer player
- 1993 : Michael Conforto , American baseball player
- 1993 : Josh McEachran , English soccer player
- 1994 : Justin Bieber , Canadian pop and R&B singer
- 1994 : Maximilian Philipp , German soccer player
- 1995 : Ida Jacobsen , Danish rower
- 1995 : Elín Metta Jensen , Icelandic football player
- 1996 : Alexei Yevgenyevich Gassilin , Russian football player
- 1997 : Klauss , Brazilian soccer player
- 1999 : Paul Will , German soccer player
- 2000 : Ahmed Kutucu , Turkish-German soccer player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 492 : Felix II , Pope
- 713 : Suitbert , Anglo-Saxon missionary
- 912 : Ki no Haseo , Japanese poet, scholar and politician
- 965 : Leo VIII , Pope
- 977 : Rosendo de Celanova , Galician nobleman and church leader, Catholic saint
- 991 : En'yū , Tennō of Japan
- 1058 : Judgment of Carcassonne , regent of Barcelona, Ausona and Girona
- 1104 : Boto , Count of Pottenstein
- 1110 : Gebhard II. Von Urach , Bishop of Speyer
- 1127 : Wilhelm III. , Free Count of Burgundy and Count of Mâcon
- 1130 : Wenceslaus I , Duke of Olomouc
- 1164 : Peter of Tire , Archbishop of Tire
- 1244 : Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr , Welsh Prince of Gwynedd
- 1244 : Lothar , ruling Count of Wied and electoral cologne bailiff of Andernach
- 1260 : Richard de Fournival , French cleric, scholar, surgeon, astronomer, alchemist, librarian, poet and musician
- 1262 : Riccardo di Montecassino , Italian Benedictine, abbot of Montecassino and cardinal of the Roman Church
- 1296 : Tobias von Bechin , Bishop of Prague
- 1305 : Blanche of France , Duchess of Austria and Styria
- 1320 : Buyantu Khan , Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
- 1341 : Heinrich II. Bochholt , Bishop of Lübeck
- 1359 : Emich II , Count of Nassau-Hadamar
- 1383 : Amadeus Vl. , Count of Savoy
- 1396 : Johann von Görlitz , only Duke of Görlitz
- 1412 : Albrecht III. , Swedish King and Duke of Mecklenburg
- 1414 : Viridis Visconti , Duchess of Milan and Austria
- 1439 : Catherine of Lorraine , Margravine of Baden
16th to 18th century
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- 1510 : Francisco de Almeida , Portuguese navigator and military
- 1515 : Veit von Fürst , German lawyer, councilor in the service of Emperor Maximilian I and governor of the imperial fief of Modena
- 1534 : Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln , English nobleman
- 1546 : George Wishart , Scottish reformer and martyr
- 1551 : Martin Bucer , German theologian of the Reformation
- 1587 : Jan Rubens , legal scholar and father of Peter Paul Rubens
- 1599 : Edzard II , Count of East Friesland
- 1603 : Hartmann Pistoris , legal scholar and secret council of the Saxon electors
- 1620 : Thomas Campion , English composer, poet and doctor
- 1633 : George Herbert , English lyric poet and writer
- 1643 : Girolamo Frescobaldi , Italian composer and organist of the early Baroque
- 1661 : Richard Zouch , English judge and politician
- 1671 : Leopold Wilhelm von Baden-Baden , Margrave of Baden
- 1700 : Caspar Posner , German physicist and medic
- 1700 : Takatsukasa Fusasuke , Japanese nobleman and regent
- 1702 : Anna Katharina von Offen , lady-in-waiting and court master of the Electress of Hanover
- 1704 : Joseph Parrocel , French painter
- 1706 : Heino Heinrich von Flemming , German military leader and field marshal
- 1708 : Nikolaus Hanneken , German doctor and city physician from Lübeck
- 1709 : Juan de Peñaloza , Spanish lawyer and colonial administrator, Viceroy of Peru
- 1718 : Jacobus le Mort , Dutch chemist and medic
- 1719 : Richard Ingoldesby , English army officer
- 1750 : Friedrich Andreas Hallbauer , German Lutheran theologian
- 1757 : Edward Moore , English playwright and writer
- 1768 : Hermann Samuel Reimarus , German high school professor, representative of deism and pioneer of biblical criticism
- 1769 : Willibald Krieger , German Jesuit, theologian, philosopher and physicist
- 1777 : Georg Christoph Wagenseil , Austrian composer
- 1791 : Peter Ahlwardt , German logician, theologian and philosopher
- 1792 : Leopold II , Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary
- 1796 : Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz , Swedish architect
19th century
- 1818 : Jared Irwin , American politician
- 1819 : Raymund Dapp , German theologian
- 1823 : Pierre-Jean Garat , French singer (baritone)
- 1826 : Friedrich Weinbrenner , German architect, city planner and builder of classicism
- 1831 : Franz Bogislaus Westermeier , German Protestant theologian
- 1838 : Michael Friedrich Adams , German-Russian botanist and scientist
- 1839 : Carl Friedrich Ludwig von Gontard , Prussian officer and honorary citizen of the city of Berlin
- 1841 : Claude-Victor Perrin called Victor , French Chief of Staff, Marshal of France
- 1842 : Christian Philipp Koehler , German civil servant
- 1845 : Johann Christian Ferdinand Aßmann , German Protestant theologian
- 1848 : Ferdinand Beneke , German lawyer and politician
- 1856 : Johann Konrad Zeller , Swiss painter
- 1862 : Peter Barlow , British mathematician and physicist
- 1865 : William Cannon , American politician
- 1865 : Anna Pavlovna , Queen of the Netherlands
- 1870 : Francisco Solano López , President of Paraguay
- 1875 : Tristan Corbière , French poet
- 1878 : Carl Ludwig Arndts von Arnesberg , German-Austrian lawyer, professor and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1878 : Charles Christian Nahl , German-American painter
- 1879 : Joachim Heer , Swiss politician
- 1881 : Augustus Bradford , American politician
- 1881 : Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys , French statesman
- 1882 : Theodor Kullak , German pianist and composer
- 1883 : Christian Schlichter , first mayor of Wiesbaden
- 1886 : Otto von Corvin , German writer, author of the Pfaffenspiegel
- 1892 : Franz von Löher , German lawyer, historian and politician
- 1894 : John Henry Cornell , American organist, composer, and textbook author
- 1898 : Louis Appia , Swiss surgeon and co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Karl Gustav Ackermann , German politician
- 1901 : Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer , German historian
- 1904 : Pyotr Semjonowitsch Wannowski , Russian officer and statesman
- 1906 : Moritz Heyne , German Germanist and lexicographer
- 1907 : Karl Gayer , German forest scientist
- 1909 : Maria Theresa , Countess of Trani and Princess of Bourbon-Sicily
- 1910 : José Domingo de Obaldía , second President of Panama
- 1911 : Joseph Auer , German composer
- 1911 : Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff , Dutch chemist and first Nobel Prize winner for chemistry
- 1912 : Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg , Danish politician
- 1913 : Carl Jatho , German Protestant pastor, who was dismissed from his service because of teaching objections
- 1914 : Tor Aulin , Swedish composer
- 1914 : Mehmed Said Pasha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1917 : Jaro Pawel , Austrian gymnastics teacher and Germanist
- 1918 : Harlan Carey Brewster , Canadian politician
- 1921 : Adalbert Ricken , German mycologist
- 1922 : Pichichi , Spanish soccer player
- 1924 : Louise of Belgium , Princess of Belgium
- 1928 : Jacob Adolf Hägg , Swedish composer
- 1929 : James Albert Manning Aikins , Canadian attorney
- 1929 : Ernst Oppler , German painter and etcher
- 1929 : Wilhelm von Bode , German art historian
- 1930 : Friedrich Karl Henkel , German entrepreneur and founder of the Henkel Group
- 1933 : Bruno Arnold , German photographer
- 1934 : Charles Webster Leadbeater , British priest, theosophist and occultist
- 1935 : Nikolaus Bares , German bishop
- 1938 : Gabriele D'Annunzio , Italian writer and politician
- 1939 : Leopold Cordier , German theologian
- 1939 : Okamoto Kidō , Japanese playwright
- 1942 : Leo Adde , American jazz drummer
- 1944 : Thomas Edward Campbell , American politician
- 1945 : Eduard Ludwig Alexander , German lawyer and politician, MdR
- 1945 : Lothar Sieber , German test pilot
- 1949 : Anton Pirchegger , Austrian politician, governor of Styria
- 1950 : Fritz Berger , Swiss founder of the Free Church Community for Christ
1951-2000
- 1952 : Gregory La Cava , American film director and cartoonist
- 1952 : Kume Masao , Japanese writer
- 1952 : Theodor Mollison , German anthropologist
- 1955 : Carl Adolf Martienssen , German pianist and music teacher
- 1958 : Giacomo Balla , Italian futurist painter
- 1960 : Paul Leverkuehn , German lawyer and politician, MdB, MEP
- 1963 : Felice Casorati , Italian painter
- 1965 : Boyd Atkins , American jazz and blues musician
- 1965 : Walter Dix , German crop scientist
- 1966 : Friedrich Georg Houtermans , German physicist
- 1967 : Toine van Renterghem , Dutch football player
- 1968 : Georg von der Vring , German writer
- 1970 : Alexander Abt , German officer
- 1971 : František Hrubín , Czech writer and poet
- 1972 : Marianne Kneisel , American violinist and music teacher
- 1973 : Lev Andrejewitsch Arzimowitsch , Soviet physicist
- 1975 : Günther Lüders , German actor and director
- 1975 : Kurt Bauch , German art historian
- 1976 : Aloys Lenz , German politician, MdL, MdB, MdEP
- 1980 : Dixie Dean , English soccer player
- 1980 : Eric Oliver , British motorcycle racer
- 1981 : Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón , Panamanian industrialist and politician, President
- 1983 : Kobayashi Hideo , Japanese literary critic and writer
- 1983 : Arthur Koestler , British writer
- 1984 : Jackie Coogan , American actor and child star
- 1984 : Hans Fleischer , German politician, MdL
- 1984 : Peter Walker , British racing driver
- 1987 : Bernard Abraham van Groningen , Dutch Graecist and papyrologist
- 1988 : Bernd August , German boxer
- 1988 : Joe Besser , American comedian
- 1989 : Ernst Wilm , German pastor and church functionary
- 1990 : Max Bulla , Austrian cyclist
- 1991 : Edwin Herbert Land , American physicist and industrialist
- 1993 : Arnold Dannenmann , German Protestant theologian, founder of the Christian Youth Village Association in Germany ( CJD )
- 1994 : Gert Prokop , German writer
- 1994 : Herbert Schade , German athlete
- 1995 : Eugenio Corecco , Roman Catholic Bishop of Lugano
- 1995 : Jackie Holmes , American racing car driver
- 1995 : Georges JF Köhler , German biologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1995 : Wladislaw Nikolajewitsch Listjew , Russian journalist
- 1997 : Heinz Abosch , German writer
- 1997 : Alfons Beil , German priest and author
- 1998 : Walter Zuber Armstrong , American musician, composer, arranger and university professor
- 1998 : Jean Balland , French clergyman, Archbishop of Lyon, cardinal
- 1998 : Toti Scialoja , Italian painter and writer
- 2000 : Russell Mathews , Australian economist
21st century
- 2002 : Donnie Bowshier , American country and rockabilly musician
- 2002 : Artur Märchen , member of the Berliner Malerpoeten group
- 2003 : Nadine Conner , American singer
- 2003 : Ulli Herzog , German radio play director, author and speaker
- 2003 : Manfred Molzberger , German athlete
- 2003 : Gösta Nordahl , Swedish football player
- 2003 : Corner of Zezschwitz , German soil scientist, agricultural chemist and geologist
- 2004 : Erich Vanis , German mountaineer, author
- 2005 : Cissy van Bennekom , Dutch actress
- 2005 : Peter Zvi Malkin , Israeli secret agent
- 2005 : Viktor Arsenjewitsch Kapitonow , Russian cyclist
- 2006 : Annette von Aretin , TV announcer
- 2006 : Joëlle Aubron , French terrorist
- 2006 : Alexandar Fol , Bulgarian historian and thracologist
- 2006 : Zehdi Labib Terzi , Palestinian politician and diplomat
- 2006 : Don Willis , American rockabilly musician
- 2007 : Manuel Bento , Portuguese soccer player
- 2007 : Otto Brandenburg , Danish singer and actor
- 2009 : Takashi Ishimoto , Japanese swimmer
- 2009 : Hans Lutter , German philosopher
- 2009 : Paolo Maffei , Italian astronomer
- 2010 : Pierre Monneret , French motorcycle racer
- 2010 : Paul Kim Ok-kyun , South Korean auxiliary bishop
- 2012 : Alice Arden , American high jumper
- 2012 : Lucio Dalla , Italian songwriter (Cantautore)
- 2012 : Jampel Namdröl Chökyi Gyeltshen , head of Buddhism in Mongolia
- 2012 : Milton Schwantes , Brazilian evangelical liberation theologian and biblical scholar
- 2013 : Jewel Akens , American singer
- 2013 : Campbell Armstrong , British screenwriter, college professor and author
- 2014 : Alain Resnais , French film director
- 2015 : Christian Ansgar Welp , German basketball player and coach
- 2015 : Wolfram Wuttke , German soccer player
- 2016 : Anton Rotzetter , Swiss clergyman and writer
- 2017 : Paula Fox , American writer
- 2017 : David Rubinger , Israeli photographer
- 2018 : Luigi Taveri , Swiss motorcycle racer
- 2018 : Johann Zeitler , German soccer player
- 2020 : Eberhard Figgemeier , German sports journalist
- 2020 : Ernesto Cardenal , Nicaraguan politician and poet
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Suitbert , Anglo-Saxon messenger of faith, monastery founder and abbot of Kaiserswerth (Roman Catholic, Protestant: not in leap years, then on February 29)
- Martin Moller , German song writer and pastor (Protestant)
- George Herbert , English priest and song poet (Protestant: ELCA )
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- South Korea : Independence Movement Day
- Wales : St. David's Day , Welsh National Day
- regional customs
- More information about the day
- GDR : Day of the National People's Army (until 1989)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
Commons : March 1st - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
