March 2nd, 1553

Born on March 2nd, 1553

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 172,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 94 days, exactly on October 28th, 2026, people who were born on March 2nd, 1553 will be 173,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 2nd?

March 2nd, 2014

The Oscar selfie, considered to be one of the most influential photographs of all time, was taken at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony.

March 2nd, 1970

The Rhodesian monarchy was abolished by the government of Rhodesia, which declared the internationally unrecognised country to be a republic.

March 2nd, 1969

The maiden flight of Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic jet, was conducted in Toulouse, France using a prototype aircraft with the registration F-WTSS.

March 2nd, 2017

A naming ceremony for the chemical elements moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson took place at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

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 (poster pictured) was released in American theatres; it became the highest-grossing film until 1971.

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.

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

Same year
Born in 1553

56

Henry IV of France

King of France and Navarre; first French monarch of the House of Bourbon (1553-1610)

*December 13th, 1553, Château de Pau †May 14th, 1610, Paris

64

Bernardino Baldi

Italian mathematician and poet (1553–1617)

*June 5th, 1553, Urbino †October 10th, 1617, Urbino

77

Nicolò Contarini

Doge of Venice (1553-1631)

*September 26th, 1553, Venice †April 2nd, 1631, Venice

73

Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg

Roman Catholic archbishop (1553-1626)

*July 15th, 1553, Mainz †September 17th, 1626, Aschaffenburg

63

Jacques Auguste de Thou

French historian (1553-1617)

*October 8th, 1553, Paris †May 7th, 1617, Paris

90

Eberhard von Weyhe

German jurist

*May 28th, 1553, Hanover †November 1st, 1643, Lüneburg

63

Prospero Alpini

Venetian physician and botanist (1553-1616)

*November 23rd, 1553, Marostica †November 23rd, 1616, Padua

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Public holidays on March 2nd

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1553 is a normal year and no leap year.

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