Saturday March 16, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

March 16: Day of the Week

March 16, 2024 was the 76th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 290 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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 16 Historical Event(s)

1812
Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War.
1815
Prince Willem of the House of Orange-Nassau proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
1861
Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who has been evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
1872
The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
1900
Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
1926
History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1935
Adolf Hitler ordered Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Versailles Treaty. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1939
From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaimed Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1940
First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister.
1966
Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.

Who were born on March 16?

1822
Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
1840
Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)
1939
Carlos Bilardo, Argetinian football coach
1940
Keith Rowe, English painter and guitarist (AMM)
1946
Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor
1948
Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer, songwriter and film director
1969
Aggelos Koronios, Greek basketball coach and retired player
1974
Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer
1980
Todd Heap, American football player
1986
Toney Douglas, American basketball player

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