March 15th, 1666

Born on March 15th, 1666

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on March 15th, 1666

72

George Bähr

German architect

*March 15th, 1666, Fürstenwalde †March 16th, 1738, Dresden

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82

Gabriel Taschereau de Baudry

French administrator (1673-1755)

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

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

78

Andrew Jackson

President of the United States from 1829 to 1837

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

25

Margot Lambert

Badminton player

*March 15th, 1999, Guilherand-Granges

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

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

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

22

Shunzhi Emperor

Qing Dynasty emperor of China (1638-1661)

*March 15th, 1638, Mukden Palace †February 5th, 1661, Hall of Mental Cultivation

81

Charles Knight

British publisher, editor and author

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

80

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)

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

49

Eva Longoria

American actress and producer (born 1975)

*March 15th, 1975, Corpus Christi

31

Paul Pogba

French association football player

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

38

Vimala Pons

French actress

*March 15th, 1986, Thiruvananthapuram

72

Andrzej Grabowski

Polish actor and voice actor

*March 15th, 1952, Chrzanów

88

Zhores Alferov

Soviet-Russian physicist (1930–2019)

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

63

Emil von Behring

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin

*March 15th, 1854, Ławice †March 31st, 1917, Marburg

36

Giovanni Brunero

Italian racing cyclist

*March 15th, 1898, San Maurizio Canavese †November 23rd, 1934, Cirié

63

Moungi Bawendi

American chemist of French and Tunisian descent

*March 15th, 1961, Paris

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72

Magnus Berg

Painter and sculptor (1666-1739)

*November 28th, 1666, Gudbrandsdalen †March 31st, 1739, Copenhagen

29

Ivan V of Russia

Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1696

*August 27th, 1666, Moscow †January 29th, 1696, Moscow

80

Jean-Féry Rebel

French Baroque composer and violinist

*April 18th, 1666, Paris †January 2nd, 1747, Paris

60

Sophia Dorothea of Celle

Wife of George I of Great Britain (1666-1726)

*September 15th, 1666, Celle Castle †November 13th, 1726, Ahlden House

66

Victor Amadeus II of Savoy

Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (1675-1732)

*May 14th, 1666, Turin †October 31st, 1732, Moncalieri

41

Guru Gobind Singh

Tenth Sikh Guru (1666–1708)

*December 22nd, 1666, Patna †October 7th, 1708, Nanded

63

Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl

Swedish artist (1666-1729)

*September 4th, 1666, Stockholm †October 22nd, 1729, Parish of St Gertrud of Germany

57

Benedetto Luti

Italian painter (1666–1724)

*November 17th, 1666, Florence †June 17th, 1724, Rome

69

Carl Gustaf Armfeldt

Swedish general during the Great Northern War

*November 9th, 1666, Swedish Ingria †October 24th, 1736, Pernå

58

Gurdon Saltonstall

Governor of Connecticut (1666-1724)

*March 27th, 1666, Haverhill †September 20th, 1724, New London

70

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney

Scottish nobleman and field marshal

*February 9th, 1666, Hamilton Palace †January 29th, 1737, London

76

Sigmund Friedrich Khevenhüller

(1666-1742)

*September 17th, 1666, Klagenfurt †December 8th, 1742, Vienna

72

Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri

Italian luthier

*November 25th, 1666, Cremona †January 1st, 1739, Cremona

68

George Granville

1st Baron Lansdowne

*March 9th, 1666, London †January 29th, 1735, Hanover Square

66

Conrad Mel

German theologian (1666-1733)

*August 14th, 1666, Gudensberg †May 3rd, 1733, Bad Hersfeld

78

Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay

French bishop (1666-1744)

*March 14th, 1666, Dijon †October 15th, 1744, Dijon

62

Attilio Ariosti

Italian composer

*November 5th, 1666, Bologna †January 1st, 1729, London

27

Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma

Prince of Parma

*August 12th, 1666, Colorno †September 6th, 1693, Parma

71

Johann Daniel Preissler

German painter (1666-1737)

*January 17th, 1666, Nuremberg †October 13th, 1737, Nuremberg

57

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque

Namesake of Albuquerque, New Mexico

*November 17th, 1666, Genoa †June 28th, 1724, Madrid

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No: With 365 days 1666 is a normal year and no leap year.

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