March 31st, 1240

Born on March 31st, 1240

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 286,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 600 days, exactly on January 10th, 2026, people who were born on March 31st, 1240 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 31st?

March 31st, 2018

Nikol Pashinyan began his protest walk, starting in the city of Gyumri, opening the 2018 Armenian revolution.

March 31st, 2004

The Old National Library Building in Singapore was closed to make way for a tunnel, despite widespread protests.

March 31st, 1995

American singer-songwriter Selena, known as the "queen of Tejano music", was murdered by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar, in Corpus Christi, Texas, deeply affecting the Latino community.

March 31st, 1992

USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, was decommissioned in Long Beach, California.

March 31st, 1942

Second World War: Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, Japanese troops captured Christmas Island without any resistance.

March 31st, 1930

To avoid government censorship, Hollywood movie studios instituted their own set of industry censorship guidelines, popularly known as the Hays Code.

March 31st, 1921

The Australian Air Force was formed, replacing the short-lived Australian Air Corps and separating it from the Army.

March 31st, 1913

Arnold Schoenberg conducted the Vienna Concert Society in a concert of expressionist music that so shocked the audience that they began to riot.

March 31st, 1899

Philippine–American War: Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, was captured by American forces.

March 31st, 1889

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, was inaugurated.

March 31st, 1854

U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry (Japanese depiction pictured) and the Tokugawa shogunate signed the Convention of Kanagawa, forcing the opening of Japanese ports to American trade.

March 31st, 1800

After fighting through the night, the French Navy ship of the line Guillaume Tell surrendered to a British squadron in the Malta Channel.

March 31st, 1521

Ferdinand Magellan and members of his crew participated in the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines.

March 31st, 1146

French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux preached a sermon to a crowd at a council in Vézelay, with King Louis VII in attendance, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade.

March 31st, 1964

The Brazilian Armed Forces overthrew President João Goulart, establishing a military dictatorship that lasted 21 years.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 31st?

52

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

*March 31st, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon †April 23rd, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon

33

Nitchaon Jindapol

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1991, Phuket province

53

René Descartes

French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

*March 31st, 1596, Descartes †February 11th, 1650, Stockholm City

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

77

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer (1732–1809)

*March 31st, 1732, Rohrau †May 31st, 1809, Vienna

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

66

Heribert Hirte

German judge and politician

*March 31st, 1958, Cologne

38

Wong Wai Hong

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1986, Hong Kong

36

Peter Mills

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1988, Nottingham

31

Frederik Colberg

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1993, Holbæk

25

Powfu

Canadian rapper and singer

*March 31st, 1999, Vancouver

41

Lin Woon Fui

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1983, Kepong

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

46

Kellie Lucas

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1978, Ballarat

64

Henrik Prip

Danish actor

*March 31st, 1960, Hellerup

66

Pius IV

Pope from 1559 to 1565

*March 31st, 1499, Milan †December 9th, 1565, Rome

46

Jérôme Rothen

French association football player

*March 31st, 1978, Châtenay-Malabry

83

Benedict XIV

Catholic pope from 1740 to 1758

*March 31st, 1675, Bologna †May 3rd, 1758, Rome

40

Henry II of France

1519–1559, monarch of the House of Valois

*March 31st, 1519, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †July 10th, 1559, Hôtel des Tournelles

89

Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt

German historian (1893-1982)

*March 31st, 1893, Königsberg †October 9th, 1982, Lübeck

81

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

*March 31st, 1890, Adelaide †July 1st, 1971, Ipswich

76

Richard Kiley

American actor (1922-1999)

*March 31st, 1922, Chicago †March 5th, 1999, Warwick

53

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

German musician and composer (1747-1800)

*March 31st, 1747, Lüneburg †June 10th, 1800, Schwedt/Oder

79

Alexandra Kollontai

Soviet diplomat (1872-1952)

*March 31st, 1872, Saint Petersburg †March 9th, 1952, Moscow

84

Francis Bell

New Zealand politician (1851-1936)

*March 31st, 1851, Nelson †March 13th, 1936, Wellington

44

Martin Albrechtsen

Danish footballer

*March 31st, 1980, Værløse

90

Carlo Rubbia

Italian particle physicist

*March 31st, 1934, Gorizia

56

Yann Moix

French writer and director

*March 31st, 1968, Nevers

25

Elžbieta Kropa

Lithuanian figure skater

*March 31st, 1999, Vilnius

36

Beatrisa Liang

Figure skater

*March 31st, 1988, Tarzana

28

Sean Bennett

American cyclist

*March 31st, 1996, El Centro

49

Scott Joplin

American composer, musician, and pianist

*March 31st, 1868, Texarkana †April 1st, 1917, New York City

74

Hallie Foote

American actress

*March 31st, 1950, New York City

60

Oleksandr Turchynov

Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, and Doctor of Economic Sciences

*March 31st, 1964, Dnipro

45

Henry IV of England

King of England from 1399 to 1413

*March 31st, 1367, Bolingbroke Castle †March 20th, 1413, Westminster

29

Anna Magnusson

Swedish female biathlete

*March 31st, 1995, Piteå

84

Karl-Heinz Danielowski

East German coxswain

*March 31st, 1940, Sülldorf

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 31st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1240 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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