March 1st, 1555

Born on March 1st, 1555

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

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 1st?

March 1st, 1992

A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War.

March 1st, 2014

A group of knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers at Kunming railway station in Kunming, China, leaving 31 victims dead and more than 140 others injured.

March 1st, 2008

The Armenian military and national police attacked a crowd of people protesting the results of the recent election in Yerevan, leading to 10 deaths and over 100 arrests.

March 1st, 1973

Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed album The Dark Side of the Moon was released.

March 1st, 1958

Archbishop of Chicago Samuel Stritch was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith, becoming the first American member of the Roman Curia.

March 1st, 1950

In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act by supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.

March 1st, 1944

World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio against Japanese forces as part of the New Guinea campaign.

March 1st, 1936

Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed.

March 1st, 1921

The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.

March 1st, 1896

French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium salts.

March 1st, 1872

Yellowstone National Park (bison pictured), located mostly in the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming, was established by President Ulysses S. Grant.

March 1st, 1870

Paraguayan War: Marshal Francisco Solano López died at the Battle of Cerro Corá.

March 1st, 1869

The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (pictured) finished his design of the first periodic table.

March 1st, 1811

Muhammad Ali Pasha, governor of Ottoman Egypt, killed the Mamluk leaders of Cairo and seized power.

March 1st, 1805

Samuel Chase, the only Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to be impeached, was acquitted by the Senate.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 1st

Same year
Born in 1555

65

Louise de Coligny

Fourth wife of William the Silent (1555-1620)

*September 23rd, 1555, Châtillon-Coligny †November 13th, 1620, Fontainebleau

65

Richard Carew

English scholar

*July 17th, 1555, Antony House †November 6th, 1620, Antony House

45

Melchior von Redern

Austrian warrior

*January 6th, 1555, Wrocław †September 20th, 1600, Havlíčkův Brod

34

Edward Kelley

English alchemist

*August 1st, 1555, Worcester †November 30th, 1589, Most

34

Charles II, Lord of Monaco

Lord of Monaco (1555-1589)

*January 26th, 1555, Monte Carlo †May 17th, 1589, Monte Carlo

71

Lodovico Zacconi

Italian composer and music theorist

*June 11th, 1555, Pesaro †March 23rd, 1627, Pesaro

45

Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

English Baron (1555-1601)

*October 12th, 1555, Wesel †June 25th, 1601, Berwick-upon-Tweed

78

Hermann Vultejus

German author

*December 16th, 1555, Wetter (Hessen) †July 31st, 1634, Marburg

65

Johann Arndt

German Lutheran theologian

*December 27th, 1555, Ballenstedt †May 11th, 1621, Celle

69

Heinrich Meibom

German poet

*December 4th, 1555, Alverdissen †September 20th, 1625, Helmstedt

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Southeastern Europe celebration of the beginning of spring) which are celebrated on March 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1555 is a normal year and no leap year.

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