What Day of the Week
March 15: Day of the Week
March 15, 2022 was the 74th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 291 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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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.
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March 15: This Day in History
In the Roman calendar, March 15 was known as the Ides of March.
March 15 Historical Event(s)
- 221Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.
- 1564Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes jizya (per capita tax) .
- 1781American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.
- 1783In 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.
- 1888Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
- 1931SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
- 1943World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov – the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
- 1956My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
- 1965President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress “We shall overcome” while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
- 2004French 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?
- 1737Amarindra, Queen consort to King Rama I of Siam (d. 1826)
- 1790Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861)
- 1882James Lightbody, American middle distance runner (d. 1953)
- 1916Fadil Hoxha, Yugoslav politician (d. 2001)
- 1932Alan Bean, American astronaut
- 1936David Andrews, Irish politician
- 1947Gino Ferrin, German footballer
- 1969Elvir Laković Laka, Bosnian rock singer
- 1973Boris Durdevic, Croatian musician
- 1985Kellan Lutz, American model and actor
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