On this day: March 1

Events on March 1

• 350 Vetranio proclaims himself Caesar after being encouraged to do so by Constantina, sister of Constantius II. Wikipedia
• 834 Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire. Wikipedia
• 1562 An attempt by François, Duke of Guise, to disperse a church service by Huguenots in Wassy, France, turned into a massacre, resulting in 50 dead, and starting the French Wars of Religion. Wikipedia
• 1805 Samuel Chase, the only Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to be impeached, was acquitted by the Senate. Wikipedia
• 1811 Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali. Wikipedia
• 1815 Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba. Wikipedia
• 1867 Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state. Wikipedia
• 1869 The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev finished his design of the first periodic table. Wikipedia
• 1870 Paraguayan War: Marshal Francisco Solano López died at the Battle of Cerro Corá. Wikipedia
• 1872 Yellowstone National Park, located mostly in the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming, was established by President Ulysses S. Grant. Wikipedia
• 1893 Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Wikipedia
• 1896 Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Wikipedia
• 1896 French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium salts. Wikipedia
• 1917 The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text. Wikipedia
• 1921 The Kronstadt rebellion began following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in Russia with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks. Wikipedia
• 1921 The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years. Wikipedia
• 1936 Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed. Wikipedia
• 1944 World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio against Japanese forces as part of the New Guinea campaign. Wikipedia
• 1946 The Bank of England is nationalised. Wikipedia
• 1947 The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations. Wikipedia
• 1950 In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act by supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
• 1953 Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. Wikipedia
• 1973 Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed album The Dark Side of the Moon was released. Wikipedia
• 1974 Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. Wikipedia
• 1992 A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War. Wikipedia
• 1992 Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Wikipedia

Born on March 1

• 1456 Vladislaus II of Hungary (died 1516) Wikipedia
• 1810 Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (died 1849) Wikipedia
• 1886 Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright (died 1980) Wikipedia
• 1892 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator (died 1927) Wikipedia
• 1904 Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1944) Wikipedia
• 1910 David Niven, English soldier and actor (died 1983) Wikipedia
• 1910 Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002) Wikipedia
• 1914 Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (died 1994) Wikipedia
• 1918 João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (died 1976) Wikipedia
• 1922 Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995) Wikipedia
• 1927 Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2023) Wikipedia
• 1953 Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager Wikipedia
• 1954 Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia
• 1956 Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 8th President of Lithuania Wikipedia
• 1966 Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia
• 1969 Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer Wikipedia
• 1978 Jensen Ackles, American actor and musician Wikipedia
• 1983 Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress Wikipedia
• 1987 Kesha, American singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia
• 1989 Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer Wikipedia
• 1992 Édouard Mendy, Senegalese footballer Wikipedia
• 1994 Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter Wikipedia

Died on March 1

• 492 Felix III, pope of the Catholic Church Wikipedia
• 965 Leo VIII, pope of the Catholic Church Wikipedia
• 1633 George Herbert, English poet and orator (born 1593) Wikipedia
• 1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian keyboardist and composer (born 1583) Wikipedia
• 1697 Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (born 1626) Wikipedia
• 1792 Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1747) Wikipedia
• 1911 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852) Wikipedia
• 1938 Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (born 1863) Wikipedia
• 1940 A. H. Tammsaare, Estonian author (born 1878) Wikipedia
• 1983 Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (born 1905) Wikipedia
• 1995 Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Wikipedia
• 2014 Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1922) Wikipedia
• 2023 Just Fontaine, French footballer (born 1933) Wikipedia
• 2024 Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (born 1955) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Beer Day, marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989 (Iceland) Wikipedia
• Chalandamarz, traditional Alpine spring festival (Switzerland) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (one of the Martyr Saints of China) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Albin Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Eudokia of Heliopolis Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Pope Felix III Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Leoluca Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Luperculus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Monan Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Rudesind Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Saint David's Day or Dydd Gŵyl Dewi (Wales and Welsh communities) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Suitbert Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: March 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani's Death (Iraqi Kurdistan) Wikipedia
• Day of the Balearic Islands (Spain) Wikipedia
• Disability Day of Mourning Wikipedia
• Heroes' Day (Paraguay) Wikipedia
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992. Wikipedia
• National "Cursed Soldiers" Remembrance Day (Poland) Wikipedia
• National Pig Day (United States) Wikipedia
• New Year's Day in the more veneto, the calendric system of the Republic of Venice until 1797 Wikipedia
• Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands) Wikipedia
• Samiljeol (South Korea) Wikipedia
• Self-injury Awareness Day (international) Wikipedia

Sources

• Wikipedia — “March 1” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/March 1” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “March 1” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for March 1 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.