March 31st, 1703

Born on March 31st, 1703

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

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What happened on March 31st?

March 31st, 2018

Nikol Pashinyan began his protest walk, starting in the city of Gyumri, opening the 2018 Armenian revolution.

March 31st, 2004

The Old National Library Building in Singapore was closed to make way for a tunnel, despite widespread protests.

March 31st, 1995

TAROM Flight 371 (pictured) crashed near Balotești, Romania, killing all 60 people on board.

March 31st, 1992

USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, was decommissioned in Long Beach, California.

March 31st, 1942

Second World War: Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, Japanese troops captured Christmas Island without any resistance.

March 31st, 1930

To avoid government censorship, Hollywood movie studios instituted their own set of industry censorship guidelines, popularly known as the Hays Code.

March 31st, 1921

The Australian Air Force was formed, replacing the short-lived Australian Air Corps and separating it from the Army.

March 31st, 1913

Arnold Schoenberg conducted the Vienna Concert Society in a concert of expressionist music that so shocked the audience that they began to riot.

March 31st, 1899

Philippine–American War: Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, was captured by American forces.

March 31st, 1889

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, was inaugurated.

March 31st, 1854

U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry (Japanese depiction pictured) and the Tokugawa shogunate signed the Convention of Kanagawa, forcing the opening of Japanese ports to American trade.

March 31st, 1800

After fighting through the night, the French Navy ship of the line Guillaume Tell surrendered to a British squadron in the Malta Channel.

March 31st, 1521

Ferdinand Magellan and members of his crew participated in the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines.

March 31st, 1146

French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux preached a sermon to a crowd at a council in Vézelay, with King Louis VII in attendance, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade.

March 31st, 2023

A tornado caused the collapse of a venue hosting a sold-out concert in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, resulting in one death and 48 injuries.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 31st

Same year
Born in 1703

72

Robert James

British physician

*August 23rd, 1703, Staffordshire †March 23rd, 1776, London

87

John Wesley

Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

*June 17th, 1703, Epworth †March 2nd, 1791, St Luke's

78

José Francisco de Isla

Spanish writer (1703-1781)

*April 24th, 1703, Cistierna †November 2nd, 1781, Bologna

54

Jonathan Edwards

Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)

*October 5th, 1703, East Windsor †March 22nd, 1758, Princeton

78

Giovanni Ottavio Manciforte Sperelli

Italian cardinal

*February 22nd, 1703, Assisi †June 5th, 1781, Rome

63

Justus Juncker

German painter (1703–1767)

*July 24th, 1703, Mainz †June 15th, 1767, Frankfurt

76

Luisa Bergalli

Poet, librettist and writer

*April 14th, 1703, Venice †July 18th, 1779, Venice

65

Cajsa Warg

Swedish housekeeper and author

*March 23rd, 1703, Örebro †February 5th, 1769, Stockholm

59

John Theodore of Bavaria

Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

*September 3rd, 1703, Munich †January 27th, 1763, Liège

54

Christoph Timotheus Seidel

German theologian and professor

*September 20th, 1703, Schönberg †May 30th, 1758, Helmstedt

59

Nicolas René Berryer

French jurist (1703-1762)

*March 4th, 1703, Paris †August 15th, 1762, Versailles

72

William Battie

British physician

*September 1st, 1703, Devon †June 13th, 1776, London

80

Jean-François Séguier

French astronomer and botanist (1703-1784)

*November 25th, 1703, Nîmes †September 1st, 1784, Nîmes

39

Christian Weise

German theologian

*October 5th, 1703, Leipzig †April 25th, 1743, Leipzig

56

James DeLancey

Chief justice, lieutenant governor, and twice acting governor of the province of New York

*November 27th, 1703, New York City †July 30th, 1760, New York City

57

Franz Christoph Janneck

Austrian painter (1703-1761)

*October 3rd, 1703, Graz †January 13th, 1761, Mariahilf

71

Levin Friedrich von Bismarck

German politician (1703-1774)

*October 3rd, 1703, Krevese †October 15th, 1774, Tangerhütte

64

Antoine Deparcieux

French mathematician

*October 28th, 1703, Peyremale †September 2nd, 1768, Paris

61

Gilbert Tennent

American minister

*February 5th, 1703, County Armagh †July 23rd, 1764, Philadelphia

66

Guillaume-François Rouelle

French chemist (1703-1770)

*September 15th, 1703, Mathieu †August 3rd, 1770, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1703 is a normal year and no leap year.

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