March 8th, 1831

Born on March 8th, 1831

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What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, with aircraft debris subsequently washing ashore a few years later in the Indian Ocean.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1924

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first known mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 8th

Same year
Born in 1831

87

Hedwig Dohm

German feminist, writer, and opinion journalist

*September 20th, 1831, Berlin †June 1st, 1919, Berlin

48

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

*June 13th, 1831, Edinburgh †November 5th, 1879, Cambridge

49

James A. Garfield

President of the United States in 1881

*November 19th, 1831, Moreland Hills †September 19th, 1881, Elberon

63

Hermann Hellriegel

German chemist

*October 21st, 1831, Mausitz †September 24th, 1895, Bernburg

59

Helena Blavatsky

Russian occult writer

*August 12th, 1831, Dnipro †April 26th, 1891, London

56

Frederick III, German Emperor

German Emperor (1831-1888)

*October 18th, 1831, Neues Palais in Potsdam †June 15th, 1888, Neues Palais in Potsdam

67

Ivan Shishkin

Russian landscape painter (1832-1898)

*January 13th, 1831, Yelabuga †March 8th, 1898, Saint Petersburg

76

Eugène Poubelle

French lawyer and diplomat (1831-1904)

*April 15th, 1831, rue de Bayeux †July 15th, 1907, rue Montalivet

77

Pierre Petit

French photographer (1831–1909)

*August 15th, 1831, Aups †February 16th, 1909, 10th arrondissement of Paris

63

Isma'il Pasha

Khedive of Egypt from 1863 to 1879

*December 31st, 1831, Cairo †March 2nd, 1895, Istanbul

82

Eduard Suess

Austrian geologist (1831-1914)

*August 20th, 1831, London †April 26th, 1914, Vienna

69

Rudolf von Knüpffer

Estonian architect (1831-1900)

*February 20th, 1831, Väike-Maarja parish †July 10th, 1900, Tallinn

57

Lucy Webb Hayes

First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881

*August 28th, 1831, Chillicothe †June 25th, 1889, Fremont

76

Joseph Joachim

Hungarian violinist, composer, and teacher

*June 28th, 1831, Kittsee †August 15th, 1907, Berlin

79

Wilhelm Raabe

German writer (1831–1910)

*September 8th, 1831, Eschershausen †November 15th, 1910, Brunswick

67

Othniel Charles Marsh

American paleontologist (1831-1899)

*October 29th, 1831, Lockport †March 18th, 1899, New Haven

68

David Edward Hughes

Welsh-American scientist and musician

*May 16th, 1831, Bala †January 22nd, 1900, London

65

Sóstenes Rocha

Mexican politician (1831–1897)

*July 6th, 1831, Guanajuato †March 31st, 1897, Mexico City

78

Leopold Sonnemann

German journalist and publisher (1831–1909)

*October 29th, 1831, Höchberg †October 30th, 1909, Frankfurt

59

Tommaso Maria Fusco

Italian Catholic priest (1831-1891)

*December 1st, 1831, Pagani †February 24th, 1891, Pagani

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Public holidays on March 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, International Women's Day, and its related observances) which are celebrated on March 8th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1831 is a normal year and no leap year.

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