March 15th, 1803

Born on March 15th, 1803

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 80,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 15th?

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

81

Charles Knight

British publisher, editor and author

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

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

82

Gabriel Taschereau de Baudry

French administrator (1673-1755)

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

80

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)

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

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

66

Joseph Jenkins Roberts

President of Liberia (1809–1876)

*March 15th, 1809, Norfolk †February 24th, 1876, Monrovia

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

49

Eva Longoria

American actress and producer (born 1975)

*March 15th, 1975, Corpus Christi

69

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

British politician (1779–1848)

*March 15th, 1779, London †November 24th, 1848, Hertfordshire

45

John Snow

English epidemiologist and physician

*March 15th, 1813, York †June 16th, 1858, London

31

Paul Pogba

French association football player

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

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

38

Vimala Pons

French actress

*March 15th, 1986, Thiruvananthapuram

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Born in 1803

65

Hector Berlioz

French composer and conductor (1803–1869)

*December 11th, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André †March 8th, 1869, Paris

49

Christian Doppler

Austrian mathematician, physicist (1803–1853)

*November 29th, 1803, Salzburg †March 17th, 1853, Venice

71

Ernst Helwing

German historian

*October 4th, 1803, Lemgo †April 25th, 1875

78

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American philosopher (1803–1882)

*May 25th, 1803, Boston †April 27th, 1882, Concord

51

Léon Faucher

French economist, journalist and politician (1803-1854)

*September 8th, 1803, Limoges †December 14th, 1854, Marseille

69

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British statesman and author (1803–1873)

*May 25th, 1803, London †January 18th, 1873, Torquay

63

Salomon Munk

German-born Jewish-French Orientalist (1803–1867)

*May 14th, 1803, Głogów †February 5th, 1867, Paris

66

Prosper Mérimée

French writer, historian, and translator (1803-1870)

*September 28th, 1803, Paris †September 23rd, 1870, Cannes

43

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville

French caricaturist (1803-1847)

*September 13th, 1803, Nancy †March 17th, 1847, Vanves

75

Albrecht von Roon

Prussian general (1803-1879)

*April 30th, 1803, Pleśna, West Pomeranian Voivodeship †February 23rd, 1879, Berlin

75

Jacob Abbott

American writer of children's books (1803-1879)

*November 14th, 1803, Hallowell †October 31st, 1879, Farmington

69

Justus von Liebig

German chemist (1803-1873)

*May 12th, 1803, Darmstadt †April 18th, 1873, Munich

80

Maria Doolaeghe

Flemish poet and writer (1803-1884)

*October 25th, 1803, Diksmuide †April 7th, 1884, Diksmuide

69

Fyodor Tyutchev

Russian poet (1803-1873)

*November 23rd, 1803, Ovstug †July 15th, 1873, Pushkin

89

Princess Alexandrine of Prussia

Third daughter and sixth child of Frederick William III of Prussia

*February 23rd, 1803, Berlin †April 21st, 1892, Schwerin

82

Alphonse Toussenel

French naturalist, writer and journalist

*March 17th, 1803, Montreuil-Bellay †April 30th, 1885, Paris

78

George Borrow

English author (1803–1881)

*July 5th, 1803, Dereham †July 26th, 1881, Lowestoft

75

William Allen

American politician, 31st Governor of Ohio (1803-1879)

*December 18th, 1803, Edenton †July 11th, 1879, Chillicothe

30

Johann Christian Ziegler

German painter (1803-1833)

*February 7th, 1803, Wunsiedel †June 18th, 1833, Munich

87

Friedrich Arnold

German anatomist and physiologist

*January 8th, 1803, Edenkoben †July 4th, 1890, Heidelberg

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Public holidays on March 15th

Fixed holidays (Ancient Roman religious observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 15th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1803 is a normal year and no leap year.

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