March 25

March 25 in recent years

2024 (Monday)

2023 (Saturday)

2022 (Friday)

2021 (Thursday)

2020 (Wednesday)

2019 (Monday)

2018 (Sunday)

2017 (Saturday)

2016 (Friday)

2015 (Wednesday)

March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 281 days remain until the end of the year.

Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England (in Julian calendar).

Events

Pre-1600

• 410 – The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty.
• 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 allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty.
• 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.
• 1065 – The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.
• 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
• 1409 – The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.
• 1410 – The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.
• 1519 – Hernán Cortés, 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.
• 1725 – Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday.
• 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 during the Siege of Petersburg, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.
• 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.
• 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 ($54,957 in 2023).
• 1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile (80 km) 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)
• 1859 – Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (d. 1939)
• 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)
• 1900 – George Carstairs, Australian rugby league player (d. 1966)

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 Chief Minister of Puducherry (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1928 – Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)
• 1928 – Peter O'Brien, Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)
• 1928 – 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
• 1960 – Mike Aulby, American bowler
• 1960 – Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
• 1960 – Peter O'Brien, Australian actor
• 1960 – Brenda Strong, American actress
• 1961 – 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, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
• 1964 – Norm Duke, American bowler
• 1964 – Buzz Osborne, American musician
• 1964 – René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1964 – Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player
• 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, American basketball player
• 1969 – Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
• 1969 – 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, 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
• 1978 – Teddy Lussi-Modeste, French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
• 1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter
• 1980 – Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
• 1981 – Casey Neistat, American YouTube personality
• 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
• 1987 – Hyun-jin Ryu, South Korean baseball player
• 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
• 2000 – Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 908 – Li Kening, Chinese general
• 940 – Taira no Masakado, Japanese samurai
• 990 – Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saint
• 1005 – Kenneth III, king of Scotland
• 1051 – Hugh IV, French nobleman
• 1189 – Frederick, duke of Bohemia
• 1223 – 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 and 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)
• 1848 – Nicolai Wergeland, Norwegian priest, writer and politician (b. 1780)
• 1857 – William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)
• 1860 – James Braid, Scottish 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 laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832)
• 1918 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
• 1918 – 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, 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, 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, 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, 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:
  • Feast of the Annunciation
  • March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Christian Saints' days
  • Ælfwold II of Sherborne
  • Barontius and Desiderius
  • Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
  • Omelyan Kovch (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
  • 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, 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)
• 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 some of the future United States and Canada from 1155 through 1751, until the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 moved it to 1 January and adopted the Gregorian calendar. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January.)
• NZ Army Day
• Quarter day (first of four) in Ireland and England.
• Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia)
• Tolkien Reading Day
• Vårfrudagen or Våffeldagen, "Waffle Day" (Sweden, Norway & Denmark)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• Historical Events on March 25