March 2nd, 1675

Born on March 2nd, 1675

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 127,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 408 days, exactly on August 14th, 2025, people who were born on March 2nd, 1675 will be 128,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and 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, 1675

85

Hedwig Luise of Hesse-Homburg

(1675-1760)

*March 2nd, 1675, Kassel †March 14th, 1760, Varel

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

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

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

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

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

93

Robert H. Michel

American politician (1923–2017)

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

87

Dr. Seuss

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

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

43

Bryce Dallas Howard

American actress and filmmaker

*March 2nd, 1981, Los Angeles

38

Sonja Kinski

American model and actress

*March 2nd, 1986, Geneva

52

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

82

Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

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

56

Daniel Craig

English actor

*March 2nd, 1968, Chester

94

John Cullum

American actor, director and singer

*March 2nd, 1930, Knoxville

36

Simon Terodde

German footballer

*March 2nd, 1988, Bocholt

93

Leo XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903

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

47

Chris Martin

English singer-songwriter (born 1977)

*March 2nd, 1977, Exeter

61

Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister of Australia since 2022

*March 2nd, 1963, Darlinghurst

62

Jon Bon Jovi

American musician (born 1962)

*March 2nd, 1962, Perth Amboy

51

Valérie Donzelli

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1973, Épinal

81

Raymond Talleux

French rower

*March 2nd, 1901, Boulogne-sur-Mer †March 21st, 1982, Saint-Martin-Boulogne

50

Kurt Weill

German composer (1900–1950)

*March 2nd, 1900, Dessau †April 3rd, 1950, New York City

42

Pilou Asbæk

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1982, Copenhagen

Same year
Born in 1675

83

Benedict XIV

Catholic pope from 1740 to 1758

*March 31st, 1675, Bologna †May 3rd, 1758, Rome

81

Rosalba Carriera

Rococo portrait painter (1673-1757)

*October 7th, 1675, Venice †April 15th, 1757, Venice

53

Samuel Clarke

English philosopher and clergyman (*1675 – †1729)

*October 11th, 1675, Norwich †May 17th, 1729, London

80

Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon

French writer

*January 16th, 1675, Paris †March 2nd, 1755, Paris

75

Paul Dudley

Colonial Massachusetts attorney general and chief justice

*September 3rd, 1675, Roxbury †January 25th, 1751, Roxbury

61

Vakhtang VI of Kartli

King of Kartli

*September 15th, 1675, Tbilisi †March 26th, 1737, Astrakhan

69

Heinrich Klausing

German mathematician, astronomer and theologian (1675-1745)

*December 28th, 1675, Herford †October 2nd, 1745, Leipzig

67

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

Italian composer and violinist

*July 12th, 1675, Verona †July 12th, 1742, Munich

34

Higashiyama

Emperor of Japan (1675-1710)

*October 21st, 1675, Kyoto †January 16th, 1710, Kyoto

69

Johann Ignaz Egedacher

Organ builder

*January 1st, 1675, Salzburg †June 19th, 1744, Passau

74

Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl

Bavarian politician (1675-1750)

*February 21st, 1675, Munich †January 22nd, 1750, Munich

47

Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt

German theologian

*April 11th, 1675, Bopfingen †February 5th, 1723, Halle (Saale)

58

James Thornhill

British painter (1675-1734)

*July 25th, 1675, Melcombe Regis †May 4th, 1734, Weymouth

58

Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg

German princess (1675-1733)

*January 21st, 1675, Ratzeburg †July 10th, 1733, Ettlingen

89

Caspar König

Organ builder

*November 15th, 1675, Ingolstadt †July 9th, 1765, Ingolstadt

51

Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt

German politician (1675-1726)

*January 10th, 1675, Dresden †April 13th, 1726, Nadarzyn

76

Jean Pierre de Caussade

Roman Catholic theologian

*March 7th, 1675, Cahors †December 8th, 1751, Toulouse

61

Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand

Governor of Louisiana

*February 21st, 1675, Montreal †June 7th, 1736, France

56

Johann Cyriak Hackhofer

Austrian painter (1675-1731)

*February 14th, 1675, Veldidena †May 9th, 1731, Vorau

15

John William, Duke of Saxe-Jena

German noble

*March 28th, 1675, Jena †November 4th, 1690, Jena

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1675 is a normal year and no leap year.

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