A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
March 15: Day of the Week
March 15, 2024 was the 75th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 291 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 15: This Day in History
In the Roman calendar, March 15 was known as the Ides of March.
March 15 Historical Event(s)
44 BC
Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
351
Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
1493
Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
1783
In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
1906
Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
1939
Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
1945
World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress “We shall overcome” while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
1985
The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
2004
French President Jacques Chirac signs the law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools, commonly known as the headscarf ban.
Who were born on March 15?
1666
George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)
1767
Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)
1897
Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)
1940
Margo Coleman, American advice columnist
1967
Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist
1976
Cara Pifko, Canadian actress
1981
Veronica Maggio, Swedish singer
1985
Kellan Lutz, American model and actor
1986
Adrianne Leon, American singer-songwriter and actress
1990
Siobhan Magnus, American singer
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