March 15th, 1271

Born on March 15th, 1271

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 275,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 917 days, exactly on November 12th, 2026, people who were born on March 15th, 1271 will be 276,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 15th?

March 15th, 1960

Students from Atlanta University Center, inspired by similar actions in Greensboro, North Carolina, began occupying lunch counters in Atlanta, Georgia.

March 15th, 1956

The musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, debuted at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.

March 15th, 1951

The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by Mohammad Mosaddegh.

March 15th, 1943

The deportation of 50,000 Jews from the Greek city of Thessaloniki began.

March 15th, 1927

In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the inaugural edition of the Women's Boat Race.

March 15th, 1921

Talaat Pasha, the main perpetrator of the Armenian genocide, was assassinated by Soghomon Tehlirian.

March 15th, 1917

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.

March 15th, 1916

Six days after Pancho Villa and his cross-border raiders attacked Columbus, New Mexico, U.S. General John J. Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue Villa.

March 15th, 1910

Prospectors drilled into a pressurized deposit within the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in California, resulting in the largest accidental oil spill in history, which eventually released 9 million barrels (1.4 million m3) of crude oil over 18 months.

March 15th, 1875

John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States.

March 15th, 1823

Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.

March 15th, 1783

George Washington delivered a speech to Continental Army officers in Newburgh, New York, asking them to support the supremacy of the Congress of the Confederation, defusing a potential coup.

March 15th, 1311

In the Battle of Halmyros, the Catalan Company defeated the forces of Walter V, Count of Brienne, taking control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in present-day Greece.

March 15th, 1147

Reconquista: Portuguese troops under King Afonso I captured the city of Santarém from the Almoravids.

March 15th, 0856

Byzantine emperor Michael III (pictured) overthrew the regency of his mother Theodora to assume power for himself.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 15th?

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

25

Margot Lambert

Badminton player

*March 15th, 1999, Guilherand-Granges

82

Gabriel Taschereau de Baudry

French administrator (1673-1755)

*March 15th, 1673, Tours †April 22nd, 1755, Paris

78

Andrew Jackson

President of the United States from 1829 to 1837

*March 15th, 1767, Waxhaws †June 8th, 1845, The Hermitage

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

*March 15th, 1931, Quedlinburg †January 8th, 2012, Essen

31

Paul Pogba

French association football player

*March 15th, 1993, Lagny-sur-Marne

74

Wolfgang Schadewaldt

German classical philologist, literary theorist and translator

*March 15th, 1900, Berlin †November 10th, 1974, Tübingen

28

Levin Öztunalı

German association football player

*March 15th, 1996, Hamburg

67

David Silverman

American animator and director

*March 15th, 1957, New York City

89

Judd Hirsch

American actor

*March 15th, 1935, The Bronx

49

Eva Longoria

American actress and producer (born 1975)

*March 15th, 1975, Corpus Christi

80

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)

*March 15th, 1852, Loughrea †May 22nd, 1932, Coole Park

38

Vimala Pons

French actress

*March 15th, 1986, Thiruvananthapuram

72

Andrzej Grabowski

Polish actor and voice actor

*March 15th, 1952, Chrzanów

81

Charles Knight

British publisher, editor and author

*March 15th, 1791, Windsor †March 9th, 1873, Addlestone

69

Charles Dibdin

British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor

*March 15th, 1745, Southampton †July 25th, 1814, London

88

Zhores Alferov

Soviet-Russian physicist (1930–2019)

*March 15th, 1930, Vitebsk †March 1st, 2019, Saint Petersburg

57

Bobby Bonds

American baseball player and coach

*March 15th, 1946, Riverside †August 23rd, 2003, San Carlos

31

Alia Bhatt

Indian origin british actress

*March 15th, 1993, India

63

Moungi Bawendi

American chemist of French and Tunisian descent

*March 15th, 1961, Paris

Same year
Born in 1271

32

Ghazan

Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate from 1295 to 1304

*November 5th, 1271, Mazandaran Province †May 11th, 1304, Qazvin

33

Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

King of Bohemia and Poland

*September 27th, 1271, Prague †June 21st, 1305, Old Town

65

Elizabeth of Aragon

Queen of Portugal (1271-1336)

*January 4th, 1271, Aljafería †July 4th, 1336, Estremoz

23

Charles Martel of Anjou

Former King of Hungary (1290–1295)

*September 15th, 1271, Naples †August 12th, 1295, Naples

39

Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Lower Bavaria

*March 14th, 1271, Landshut †December 10th, 1310, Landshut

26

Judith of Habsburg

Polish and Bohemian queen consort

*March 13th, 1271, Rheinfelden †June 18th, 1297, Prague

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Public holidays on March 15th

Fixed holidays (Ancient Roman religious observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 15th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1271 is a normal year and no leap year.

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