March 2nd, 1523

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Born on March 2nd, 1523 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 2nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 2nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1523)

Born on March 2nd, 1523

Weekday

Friday

March 2nd, 1523 was a Friday.

Age

501

People born on March 2nd, 1523 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 501 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1523 - March 20th, 1523

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 183,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 956 days, exactly on December 9th, 2026, people who were born on March 2nd, 1523 will be 184,000 days old!

183,044 Days

26,149 Weeks

6,013 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 2nd?

March 2nd, 1995

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.

March 2nd, 1978

As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.

March 2nd, 1965

The Sound of Music is released in American theatres; it later became the highest grossing film of all time.

March 2nd, 1962

Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (pictured) scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks, which remains an NBA record.

March 2nd, 1949

The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.

March 2nd, 1943

World War II: Australian and U.S. air forces attacked and destroyed a large Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea.

March 2nd, 1901

U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier J. P. Morgan.

March 2nd, 1877

The Electoral Commission awarded twenty disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, thus assuring his victory in the 1876 U.S. presidential election.

March 2nd, 1865

New Zealand Wars: Carl Sylvius Völkner, a Protestant missionary, was killed by Hauhau militants in Ōpōtiki for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general George Grey.

March 2nd, 1859

The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.

March 2nd, 1836

Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.

March 2nd, 1791

French inventor Claude Chappe and his brothers first demonstrated the semaphore telegraph, a system to convey information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting crossarms.

March 2nd, 1776

American Revolutionary War: Patriot militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina attempted to resist the British action to seize and remove supply ships anchored at Savannah, Georgia.

March 2nd, 1484

The College of Arms, one of the few remaining official heraldic authorities in Europe, was incorporated by royal charter in the City of London.

March 2nd, 1444

The League of Lezhë, an alliance of regional chieftains, was established in Venetian Albania with Skanderbeg as their commander.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 2nd

Born on March 2nd, 1523

Jan Blahoslav

Czech linguist and writer (1523-1571)

*March 2nd, 1523, Přerov †December 4th, 1571, Moravský Krumlov

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 2nd?

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

*March 2nd, 1931, Privolnoye †August 30th, 2022, Central Clinical Hospital

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

Robert H. Michel

American politician (1923–2017)

*March 2nd, 1923, Peoria †February 17th, 2017, Arlington County

Dr. Seuss

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

*March 2nd, 1904, Springfield †September 24th, 1991, La Jolla

Bryce Dallas Howard

American actress and filmmaker

*March 2nd, 1981, Los Angeles

Adrian VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1522 to 1523

*March 2nd, 1459, Utrecht †September 14th, 1523, Rome

Heinrich Salmuth

German theologian

*March 2nd, 1522, Schweinfurt †March 20th, 1576, Leipzig

Sonja Kinski

American model and actress

*March 2nd, 1986, Geneva

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

Daniel Craig

English actor

*March 2nd, 1968, Chester

John Cullum

American actor, director and singer

*March 2nd, 1930, Knoxville

Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

*March 2nd, 1876, Rome †October 9th, 1958, Castel Gandolfo

Simon Terodde

German footballer

*March 2nd, 1988, Bocholt

Valérie Donzelli

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1973, Épinal

Leo XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903

*March 2nd, 1810, Carpineto Romano †July 20th, 1903, Rome

Chris Martin

English singer-songwriter (born 1977)

*March 2nd, 1977, Exeter

Pilou Asbæk

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1982, Copenhagen

Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister of Australia since 2022

*March 2nd, 1963, Darlinghurst

Jon Bon Jovi

American musician (born 1962)

*March 2nd, 1962, Perth Amboy

Same year
Born in 1523

Marco Antonio Bragadin

Military officer of the Republic of Venice and last Captain-General of Venetian Cyprus (1523-1571)

*April 21st, 1523, Venice †August 17th, 1571, Famagusta

Anna Jagiellon

Queen regnant of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*October 18th, 1523, Kraków †September 9th, 1596, Warsaw

Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry

Daughter of King Francis I of France

*June 5th, 1523, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †September 15th, 1574, Turin

Esrom Ruedinger

German philologist, physicist, historian, and teacher

*January 1st, 1523, Bamberg †December 2nd, 1590, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Margravine of Baden

*June 17th, 1523, Ansbach †February 27th, 1558, Pforzheim

Kaspar Eberhard

German theologian (1523-1575)

*March 21st, 1523, Schneeberg †October 20th, 1575, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Blaise de Vigenère

French cryptographer (1523-1596)

*April 5th, 1523, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule †February 19th, 1596, Paris

Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon

Catholic cardinal

*September 22nd, 1523, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre †May 9th, 1590, Fontenay-le-Comte

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio

Spanish cardinal

*March 5th, 1523, Valladolid †September 20th, 1600, Seville

Pier Francesco Orsini

Italian condottiero and patron of the arts

*July 4th, 1523, Rome †January 1st, 1583, Bomarzo

George II of Brieg

Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death

*July 18th, 1523, Legnica †May 7th, 1586, Brzeg

Valentin Naboth

German astronomer and mathematician (1523-1593)

*February 13th, 1523, Calau †March 3rd, 1593, Padua

Johannes Haller der Jüngere

Swiss clergyman and reformer

*January 1st, 1523, Amsoldingen †January 1st, 1575

Helena Magenbuch

German pharmacist

*January 1st, 1523, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1597

Kaspar von Logau

*November 30th, 1523, Nysa †January 1st, 1574, Wrocław

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 2nd.

Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Baháʼí calendar (Baháʼí Faith) and first day of the Baháʼí Nineteen Day Fast

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baháʼí_calendar

Jamahiriya Day (Libya)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Libya

National Read Across America Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Association

Peasants' Day (Myanmar)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants'_Day

Texas Independence Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Independence_Day

Adwa Victory Day (Ethiopia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adwa_Victory_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

II.III.MDXXIII

2.3.1523

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1523 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1523

March 1523

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March 2nd, 1523

Born on March 2nd, 1523

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 183,000 days old!

183,044 Days

26,149 Weeks

6,013 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 2nd?

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.

As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.

The Sound of Music is released in American theatres; it later became the highest grossing film of all time.

Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (pictured) scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks, which remains an NBA record.

The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.

World War II: Australian and U.S. air forces attacked and destroyed a large Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea.

U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier J. P. Morgan.

The Electoral Commission awarded twenty disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, thus assuring his victory in the 1876 U.S. presidential election.

New Zealand Wars: Carl Sylvius Völkner, a Protestant missionary, was killed by Hauhau militants in Ōpōtiki for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general George Grey.

The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.

Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.

French inventor Claude Chappe and his brothers first demonstrated the semaphore telegraph, a system to convey information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting crossarms.

American Revolutionary War: Patriot militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina attempted to resist the British action to seize and remove supply ships anchored at Savannah, Georgia.

The College of Arms, one of the few remaining official heraldic authorities in Europe, was incorporated by royal charter in the City of London.

The League of Lezhë, an alliance of regional chieftains, was established in Venetian Albania with Skanderbeg as their commander.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 2nd

Born on March 2nd, 1523

Czech linguist and writer (1523-1571)

Same Day Who's birthday is on March 2nd?

Same year Born in 1523

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 2nd

Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)

Baloch Culture Day (Balochistan)

Agnes of Bohemia

Angela of the Cross

Blessed Charles the Good, Count of Flanders

Chad of Mercia (Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

John Maron

March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness), First day of the 19th month of the Baháʼí calendar (Baháʼí Faith) and first day of the Baháʼí Nineteen Day Fast

Jamahiriya Day (Libya)

National Read Across America Day (United States)

Peasants' Day (Myanmar)

Texas Independence Day

Adwa Victory Day (Ethiopia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

2.3.1523

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 183,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 2nd?

Same year
Born in 1523

Calendar
March 1523

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9				1	2	3	4
10	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
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