March 2nd, 1701

Born on March 2nd, 1701

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 118,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 969 days, exactly on December 23rd, 2026, people who were born on March 2nd, 1701 will be 119,000 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

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

94

John Cullum

American actor, director and singer

*March 2nd, 1930, Knoxville

56

Daniel Craig

English actor

*March 2nd, 1968, Chester

93

Leo XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903

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

36

Simon Terodde

German footballer

*March 2nd, 1988, Bocholt

80

Henriette Marie of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Granddaughter of the Great Elector and the daughter of Philip William of Brandenburg-Schwedt

*March 2nd, 1702, Berlin †May 7th, 1782, Köpenick Palace

51

Valérie Donzelli

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1973, Épinal

47

Chris Martin

English singer-songwriter (born 1977)

*March 2nd, 1977, Exeter

42

Pilou Asbæk

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1982, Copenhagen

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

50

Kurt Weill

German composer (1900–1950)

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

Same year
Born in 1701

42

Anders Celsius

Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)

*November 27th, 1701, Uppsala †April 25th, 1744, Uppsala

79

Jacques Dumont le Romain

French history and portrait painter (1701-1781)

*May 10th, 1701, Paris †February 17th, 1781, Paris

73

Charles Marie de La Condamine

French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (1701-1774)

*January 28th, 1701, Paris †February 4th, 1774, Paris

74

François Rebel

French composer

*June 19th, 1701, Paris †November 7th, 1775, Paris

49

Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond

English patron of cricket (1701-1750)

*May 18th, 1701, Chichester †August 8th, 1750, Godalming

53

Christian Ludwig von Loewenstern

German artist, 1701-1754

*August 10th, 1701, Darmstadt †October 15th, 1754, Darmstadt

58

Felix Anton Scheffler

German painter (1701-1760)

*August 29th, 1701, Mainburg †January 10th, 1760, Prague

41

François-Joseph Hunauld

French anatomist; (1701-1742)

*February 24th, 1701, Châteaubriant †December 15th, 1742, Paris

53

Fortunato da Brescia

(1701-1754)

*January 1st, 1701, Brescia †January 1st, 1754, Madrid

63

Richard Cooper

British engraver (1701-1764)

*January 1st, 1701, Yorkshire †January 1st, 1764, Edinburgh

76

Charles Le Beau

French historian

*October 18th, 1701, Paris †March 13th, 1778, Paris

83

Pietro Longhi

Italian painter (1701-1785)

*November 5th, 1701, Venice †May 8th, 1785, Venice

71

Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia

King of Sardinia (1730-1773)

*April 27th, 1701, Turin †February 20th, 1773, Turin

55

Maria Amalia of Austria

Czech queen (1701-1756)

*October 22nd, 1701, Vienna †December 11th, 1756, Nymphenburg Palace

58

Anna Magdalena Bach

Singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1701-1760)

*December 22nd, 1701, Zeitz †February 27th, 1760, Leipzig

55

Thomas Blackwell

Scottish classical scholar and historian (1701-1757)

*August 4th, 1701, Aberdeen †March 6th, 1757, Edinburgh

84

Johann Jakob Moser

German jurist, publicist and researcher (1701-1785)

*January 18th, 1701, Stuttgart †September 30th, 1785, Stuttgart

70

Wilhelm of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

German prince (1701–1771)

*March 12th, 1701, Gotha †May 31st, 1771, Tonna

59

Christian Ludwig Liscow

German poet lawyer and writer (1701-1760)

*April 29th, 1701, Wittenburg †October 30th, 1760, Eilenburg

79

Ignatius of Laconi

Sardinian saint

*December 17th, 1701, Laconi †May 11th, 1781, Cagliari

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1701 is a normal year and no leap year.

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