25 March

Events

Pre-1600

* 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
* 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
* 717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy.
* 919 – Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
* 1000 – Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
* 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
*1409 – The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.
*1519 – Hernando Cortes, entering province of Tabasco, defeats Tabascan Indians.
* 1576 – Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
* 1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.

1601–1900

*1655 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
*1708 – A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
*1770 – Daskalogiannis, leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule
* 1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
* 1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
*1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet ''The Necessity of Atheism''.
*1821 – Greek War of Independence - Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
*1845 – New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
*1865 – American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
* 1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.

1901–present

*1905 – The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes.
*1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
* 1911 – Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair.
*1914 – The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki.
* 1917 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
*1918 – The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
*1919 – The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust.M. I. Midlarsky. The killing trap: genocide in the seventeenth century. Cambridge University Press. 2005. p. 46.
*1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
*1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
*1932 – The famous Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens.
*1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
*1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
*1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
*1949 – More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
*1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
* 1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
*1959 – Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($ in ).
*1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
*1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
*1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.
*1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, '' Columbia'', is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
*1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
*1995 – WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
*1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
*2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
* 2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
*2018 – Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.

Births

Pre-1600

*1252 – Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
*1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)
* 1297 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
* 1297 – Arnošt of Pardubice, the first Bohemian archbishop (d. 1364)
*1345 – Blanche of Lancaster (d. 1369)
*1347 – Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (d. 1380)
*1404 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)
* 1414 – Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, English noble (d. 1455)
*1434 – Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (d. 1485)
*1479 – Vasili III of Russia (d. 1533)
*1491 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (d. 1549)
*1510 – Guillaume Postel, French linguist (d. 1581)
* 1538 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
* 1541 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
* 1545 – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1622)
* 1546 – Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer (d. 1616)
*1593 – Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)

1601–1900

*1611 – Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)
* 1636 – Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer (d. 1712)
* 1643 – Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (d. 1680)
*1661 – Paul de Rapin, French soldier and historian (d. 1725)
* 1699 – Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer and composer (d. 1783)
*1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)
*1745 – John Barry, American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)
*1767 – Joachim Murat, French general (d. 1815)
*1782 – Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1839)
* 1800 – Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic (d. 1889)
* 1808 – José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author (d. 1842)
* 1824 – Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician (d. 1900)
*1840 – Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel (d. 1876)
* 1863 – Simon Flexner, American physician and academic (d. 1946)
* 1867 – Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (d. 1941)
* 1867 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)
*1868 – Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)
* 1871 – Louis Perrée, French fencer (d. 1924)
*1872 – Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)
* 1873 – Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist (d. 1958)
*1874 – Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (d. 1957)
*1876 – Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)
* 1877 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
*1878 – František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)
* 1879 – Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)
* 1881 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)
* 1881 – Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator (d. 1936)
* 1881 – Mary Webb, English author and poet (d. 1927)
*1893 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner (d. 1971)
*1895 – Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician (d. 1954)
* 1885 – Jimmy Seed, English international footballer and manager (d. 1966)
* 1897 – Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)
* 1899 – François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)

1901–present

*1901 – Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)
* 1903 – Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (d. 1998)
* 1903 – Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
* 1903 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)
*1904 – Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967)
*1905 – Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel (d. 1944)
*1906 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (d. 1994)
* 1906 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic (d. 1990)
* 1908 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
* 1910 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (d. 2014)
* 1910 – Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic (d. 2012)
*1912 – Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
* 1912 – Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)
*1913 – Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (d. 2001)
*1914 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
* 1914 – Tassos, Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (d. 1985)
*1915 – Dorothy Squires, Welsh singer (d. 1998)
*1916 – S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)
*1918 – Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995)
*1920 – Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1978)
* 1920 – Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)
* 1920 – Usha Mehta, Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (d. 2000)
*1921 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
* 1921 – Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)
* 1921 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)
*1922 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014)
* 1923 – Bonnie Guitar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
* 1923 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
*1924 – Roberts Blossom, American actor (d. 2011)
* 1924 – Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (d. 2019)
*1925 – Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)
* 1925 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher (d. 2010)
* 1925 – Kishori Sinha, Indian politician, social activist and advocate (d. 2016)
*1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
* 1926 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
* 1926 – Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (d. 2009)
* 1926 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999)
* 1926 – Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic
* 1927 – P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry, Chief Minister of Puducherry (d. 2013)
*1928 – Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
* 1928 – Gunnar Nielsen (athlete), Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)
* 1928 – Peter O'Brien (rugby league), Peter O'Brien, Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)
* 1928 – Hans Steinbrenner (sculptor), Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (d. 2008)
*1929 – Cecil Taylor, American pianist and composer (d. 2018)
*1930 – David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
* 1930 – Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)
* 1930 – Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
*1931 – Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host
*1932 – Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1993)
* 1932 – Wes Santee, American runner (d. 2010)
*1934 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
* 1934 – Bernard King (television), Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (d. 2002)
* 1934 – Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman
* 1934 – Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center
*1935 – Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (d. 1985)
*1936 – Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter (d. 2008)
*1937 – Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza
*1938 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
* 1938 – Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
* 1938 – Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian racing driver (d. 2020)
*1939 – Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1995)
* 1939 – D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2019)
*1941 – Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Ministry of Education and Research (Norway), Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
*1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2018)
* 1942 – Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter
* 1942 – Kim Woodburn, English television host
*1943 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director
*1945 – Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress (d. 1972)
*1946 – Cliff Balsom, English footballer
* 1946 – Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (d. 2010)
* 1946 – Stephen Hunter, American author and critic
* 1946 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (d. 1991)
*1947 – Richard Cork, English historian and critic
* 1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
*1948 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
* 1948 – Michael Stanley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
*1949 – Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland)
* 1949 – Sue Klebold, American activist
*1950 – Chuck Greenberg (musician), Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)
* 1950 – Ronnie McDowell, American singer-songwriter
* 1950 – David Paquette, American-New Zealander pianist
*1951 – Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (d. 2000)
*1952 – Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health
* 1952 – Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá
*1953 – Christos Ardizoglou, Greek footballer
* 1953 – Robert Fox (producer), Robert Fox, English producer and manager
* 1953 – Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
* 1953 – Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
*1954 – Thom Loverro, American journalist and author
*1955 – Daniel Boulud, French chef and author
* 1955 – Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
*1957 – Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist
* 1957 – Kanellos Kanellopoulos, Greek cyclist
* 1957 – Jonathan Michie, English economist and academic
* 1957 – Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler
* 1957 – Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer
*1958 – Susie Bright, American journalist, author, and critic
* 1958 – Lorna Brown, Canadian artist, curator, and writer
* 1958 – Sisy Chen, Taiwanese journalist and politician
* 1958 – María Caridad Colón, Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
* 1958 – John Ensign, American physician and politician
* 1958 – Ray Tanner, American baseball player and coach
* 1958 – Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden), Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
*1960 – Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
* 1960 – Peter O'Brien (actor), Peter O'Brien, Australian actor
* 1960 – Brenda Strong, American actress
*1961 – Mark Brooks (golfer), Mark Brooks, American golfer
*1962 – Marcia Cross, American actress
* 1962 – David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician
*1963 – Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
* 1963 – Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect
* 1963 – Andrew O'Connor (actor), Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
*1964 – René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach
* 1964 – Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1964 – Norm Duke, American bowler
*1965 – Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach
* 1965 – Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper
* 1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer
*1966 – Tom Glavine, American baseball player
* 1966 – Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer
* 1966 – Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
* 1966 – Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer
*1967 – Matthew Barney, American sculptor and photographer
* 1967 – Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor
* 1967 – Debi Thomas, American figure skater and physician
*1969 – George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer
* 1969 – Dale Davis (basketball), Dale Davis, American basketball player
* 1969 – Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
* 1969 – Jeff Walker (musician), Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player
*1970 – Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer
*1971 – Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter and coach
* 1971 – Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
* 1971 – Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player and coach
*1972 – Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel
* 1972 – Giniel de Villiers, South African racing driver
* 1972 – Phil O'Donnell (footballer), Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
*1973 – Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
* 1973 – Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
* 1973 – Bob Sura, American basketball player
*1974 – Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player
* 1974 – Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer
*1975 – Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
* 1975 – Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress
* 1975 – Erika Heynatz, Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
*1976 – Francie Bellew, Irish footballer
* 1976 – Lars Figura, German sprinter
* 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
* 1976 – Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
*1977 – Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator
* 1977 – Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower
*1978 – Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer
*1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter
*1980 – Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
*1982 – Danica Patrick, American race car driver
* 1982 – Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
* 1982 – Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author
*1983 – Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper
*1984 – Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress
* 1984 – Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player
*1985 – Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
* 1985 – Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater
*1986 – Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
* 1986 – Megan Gibson, American softball player
* 1986 – Kyle Lowry, American basketball player
* 1986 – Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player
*1987 – Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player
* 1987 – Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer
* 1987 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
*1988 – Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter
* 1988 – Ryan Lewis, American music producer
* 1988 – Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper
* 1988 – Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player
*1989 – Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1989 – Scott Sinclair, English footballer
*1990 – Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer
* 1990 – Alexander Esswein, German footballer
*1991 – Scott Malone, English footballer
*1992 – Meg Lanning, Australian cricketer
*1993 – Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player
* 1993 – Sam Johnstone, English footballer
*1994 – Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 908 – Li Kening, Chinese general
* 940 – Taira no Masakado, Japanese samurai
* 990 – Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saintAntonio Borrelli
‘San Nicodemo di Mammola’
Santi, beati e testimoni, 17 June 2002.
*1005 – Kenneth III of Scotland, Kenneth III, king of Scotland
*1051 – Hugh IV, Count of Maine, Hugh IV, French nobleman
*1189 – Frederick, Duke of Bohemia, Frederick, duke of Bohemia
*1223 – Afonso II of Portugal, Alfonso II, king of Portugal (b. 1185)
*1351 – Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai
* 1351 – Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai
*1392 – Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai
*1458 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1398)
*1558 – Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (b. 1495)

1601–1900

*1603 – Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1526)
*1609 – Olaus Martini, Swedish archbishop (b. 1557)
* 1609 – Isabelle de Limeuil, French noble (b. 1535)
*1620 – Johannes Nucius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
*1625 – Giambattista Marino, Italian poet and author (b. 1569)
*1658 – Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, German nobleman (b. 1607)
*1677 – Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and etcher (b. 1607)
*1701 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, French poet and novelist (b. 1624)
*1712 – Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)
*1732 – Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (b. 1672)
*1736 – Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston house, Easton Neston and Christ Church, Spitalfields, Christ Church (b. 1661)
*1738 – Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)
*1801 – Novalis, German poet and author (b. 1772)
*1818 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
*1857 – William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)
*1860 – James Braid (surgeon), James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (b. 1795)
*1869 – Edward Bates, American politician and lawyer (b. 1793)
* 1873 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)

1901–present

*1907 – Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
* 1908 – Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
*1914 – Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
* 1917 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832)
*1918 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
* 1918 – Peter Martin (Australian footballer), Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)
* 1927 – Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)
*1931 – Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
* 1931 – Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
*1932 – Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (b.1845)
*1942 – William Carr (rower), William Carr, American rower (b. 1876)
*1951 – Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
*1956 – Lou Moore, American race car driver (b. 1904)
* 1956 – Robert Newton, English actor (b. 1905)
*1958 – Tom Brown (trombonist), Tom Brown, American trombonist (b. 1888)
*1964 – Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1885)
*1965 – Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
*1969 – Billy Cotton, English singer, drummer, and bandleader (b. 1899)
* 1969 – Max Eastman, American poet and activist (b. 1883)
*1973 – Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)
* 1973 – Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (b. 1879)
*1975 – Juan Gaudino, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
* 1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1906)
* 1975 – Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
*1976 – Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (b. 1888)
*1976 – Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (b. 1890)
*1979 – Robert Madgwick, Australian colonel and academic (b. 1905)
* 1979 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
*1980 – Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist (b. 1901)
* 1980 – Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and educator (b. 1913)
*1982 – Goodman Ace, American comedian and writer (b. 1899)
*1983 – Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
*1986 – Gloria Blondell, American actress (b. 1910)
*1987 – A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
*1988 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930)
*1991 – Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)
*1992 – Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (b. 1922)
*1994 – Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1922)
* 1994 – Bernard Kangro, Estonian poet and journalist (b. 1910)
* 1994 – Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician (b. 1899)
*1995 – James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
* 1995 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer (b. 1914)
*1998 – Max Green (lawyer), Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
* 1998 – Steven Schiff, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
*1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
*2000 – Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
*2001 – Brian Trubshaw, English cricketer and pilot (b. 1924)
*2002 – Kenneth Wolstenholme, English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)
*2005 – Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911)
*2006 – Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b. 1950)
* 2006 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
* 2006 – Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
* 2006 – Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
*2007 – Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
*2008 – Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
* 2008 – Thierry Gilardi, French journalist and sportscaster (b. 1958)
* 2008 – Abby Mann, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
* 2008 – Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin (b. 1919)
*2009 – Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)
* 2009 – Kosuke Koyama, Japanese-American theologian and academic (b. 1929)
* 2009 – Dan Seals, American musician (b. 1948)
* 2009 – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1954)
*2012 – Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
* 2012 – Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
* 2012 – John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (b. 1915)
* 2012 – Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (b. 1988)
* 2012 – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic (b. 1943)
*2013 – Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)
* 2013 – Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator (b. 1913)
* 2013 – Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
* 2013 – Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper (b. 1929)
* 2013 – Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (b. 1954)
* 2013 – John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach (b. 1920)
*2014 – Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (b. 1915)
* 2014 – Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (b. 1930)
* 2014 – Jon Lord (politician), Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
* 2014 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
* 2014 – Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (b. 1943)
* 2014 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (b. 1918)
*2015 – George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator (b. 1922)
*2016 – Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
*2017 – Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician (b. 1921)
*2019 – Barrie Hole, Welsh footballer (b. 1942)
*2020 – Floyd Cardoz, Indian-born American chef (b. 1960)
*2021 – Beverly Cleary, American author (b. 1916)
*2022 – Taylor Hawkins, American drummer and singer (b. 1972)

Holidays and observances

*Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino)
*Christian feast days:
**March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Christian Calendar of saints, Saints' days
**Ælfwold II (Bishop of Sherborne), Ælfwold II of Sherborne
**Barontius and Desiderius
**Beatification, Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
**Omelyan Kovch (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
**Penitent thief, Dismas, the "Good Thief"
**Humbert of Maroilles
**Quirinus of Tegernsee
*Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide (Latvia)
*Cultural Workers Day (Russia)
*Empress Menen's Birthday (Rastafari)
*EU Talent Day (European Union)
*Freedom Day (Belarus)
*Independence Day (Greece), Independence Day, celebrates the start of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, in 1821. (Greece)
*International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (international)
*International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (United Nations General Assembly)
*International Day of the Unborn Child (International observance, international)
*Maryland Day (Maryland, United States)
*Medal of Honor Day (United States)
*Mother's Day (Slovenia)
*New Year's Day (Lady Day) in England, Wales, Ireland, and Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in the Americas, some of the Thirteen Colonies, future United States and Canada from 1155 through 1751, until the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 moved it to 1 January (and adoption of the Gregorian calendar, adopted the Gregorian calendar. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January.)
*New Zealand Army#Commemorations, NZ Army Day
*Quarter days, Quarter day (first of four) in Ireland and England.
*Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia)
*Tolkien Reading Day
*''Waffle Day, Vårfrudagen'' or ''Våffeldagen'', "Waffle Day" (Sweden, Norway & Denmark)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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Historical Events on March 25

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