474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce.Fasti Triumphales
44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place on the Ides of March.BOOK, Strauss, Barry, The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination, New York, Simon and Schuster, 2015, 9781451668797,weblink 129â€“137,
493 – Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.BOOK, O'Donnell, James J., The Ruin of the Roman Empire, New York, Ecco, 2009, 9780060787417,weblink 66,
856 – Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility.BOOK, Tobias, Norman, Basil I, Founder of the Macedonian Dynasty: A Study of the Political and Military History of the Byzantine Empire in the Ninth Century, Lewiston, N.Y., The Edwin Mellen Press, 2007, 9780773454057, 287,
897 – Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya enters Sa'dah and founds the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen.{{EI2|volume=12|last=Madelung|first=W.|author-link=Wilferd Madelung|title=al-á¸¤ÄdÄ« Ila 'l-á¸¤aá¸³á¸³|pages=334â€“335|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8582}}
933 – After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.BOOK, Browning, Oscar, A General History of the World, London, E. Arnold, 1913,weblink 321,
1311 – Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.BOOK, Laiou, Angeliki E., Angeliki Laiou, Constantinople and the Latins: The Foreign Policy of Andronicus II, 1282-1328, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1972, 9780674165359, 226â€“227,
1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the jizya tax on non-Muslim subjects.BOOK, Srivastava, Ashirbadi Lal, Akbar the Great, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Shiva Lal Agarwala, 1962, 837892, 83,

1601â€“1900

1672 – King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.BOOK, Pollock, John, The Policy of Charles II and James II (1667-87), The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 5: The Age of Louis IX, Ward, A.W., Prothero, G.W., Leathes, Stanley, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1912,weblink 206â€“207,
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'Ã©tat never takes place.BOOK, Chernow, Ron, Washington: A Life, New York, Penguin Press, 2010, 9781594202667,weblink 433â€“434,
1820 – Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state.JOURNAL, Today in History - March 15,weblink Library of Congress,
1823 – Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.BOOK, Simpson-Housley, Paul, Antarctica:Exploration, Perception and Metaphor,weblink Routledge, New York, 1992, 0-415-08225-0, 52,
1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.BOOK, Bona, GÃ¡bor, The Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence, 1848-1849: A Military History, Boulder, Colo., Social Science Monographs, 1999, 9780880334334, 457,
1874 – France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.BOOK, Wright, Edward Reynolds, Barriers to Progress in South Vietnam: The United States Experience, Seoul, Pomso Publishers, 1973, 483391164, 21,
1875 – Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.BOOK, J. Gordon Melton, Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 Volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History,weblink 15 January 2014, ABC-CLIO, 978-1-61069-026-3, 1544,
1877 – First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.BOOK, Chronology, The Cambridge Companion to Cricket, Bateman, Anthony, Hill, Jeffrey, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2013, 9780521761291,weblink xviii,
1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.BOOK, Narbeth, Colin, Collecting Military Medals: A Beginner's Guide, 2002, James Clarke & Co., 978-0-7188-9009-4, 61,weblink en,

1901â€“present

1907 – The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.WEB,weblink A Century On, Finns Head Back to Ballot Booths, Yle News, March 15, 2007, March 14, 2022,
1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.WEB, Nicholas II {{!, Biography, Wife, Abdication, Death, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-II-tsar-of-Russia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}WEB, Romanov rumors are put to rest,weblink Los Angeles Times, 11 August 2022, 11 March 2009,
1918 – Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins.WEB,weblink 100 years ago today: Reds take Tampere, Finnish Civil War begins, Yle, 27 January 2018, 6 October 2021,
1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.BOOK, Azarov, Vyacheslav, 2008, Kontrrazvedka - The Story of the Makhnovist Intelligence Service, Malcolm, Archibald, Edmonton, Black Cat Press, 978-0-9737827-2-1, 233786926, 13â€“14,
1919 â€“ The American Legion is founded.
1921 – Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.JOURNAL, Hofmann, Tessa, A Hundred Years Ago: The Assassination of Mehmet Talaat (15 March 1921) and the Berlin Criminal Proceedings against Soghomon Tehlirian (2/3 June 1921): Background, Context, Effect, International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, 2020, 5, 1, 67â€“90, 10.51442/ijags.0009,weblink 1829-4405, free,
1922 – After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.BOOK, Hussain, Majid Salman, British Policy and the Nationalist Movement in Egypt, 1914-1924: A political study, 10 August 2020, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 978-3-11-220916-5, 188,weblink en,
1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.MAGAZINE, Homertonian, Rowing Into The History Books, Aug 3, 2015, 8â€“9, 19,weblink
1939 – Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.WEB,weblink March 15, 1939 - The day Czechoslovakia ceased to exist, March 15, 2019, March 3, 2020,
1939 – Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic,WEB, Ukraine - Transcarpathia in Czechoslovakia {{!, Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/Transcarpathia-in-Czechoslovakia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}} but is annexed by Hungary the next day.BOOK, Halemba, Agnieszka, Negotiating Marian Apparitions: The Politics of Religion in Transcarpathian Ukraine, 1 October 2015, Central European University Press, 978-963-386-145-5, 106,weblink en,
1943 – World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies.BOOK, Zabecki, David T., The German War Machine in World War II: An Encyclopedia, 2 December 2019, ABC-CLIO, 978-1-4408-6918-1, 130,weblink en,
1951 – Iranian oil industry is nationalized.BOOK, Goode, James F., The United States and Iran: In the Shadow of Musaddiq, 27 July 2016, Springer, 978-1-349-25596-2, 191,weblink en,
1961 – At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.BOOK, Harrison, David, The White Tribe of Africa, 1 October 1983, University of California Press, 978-0-520-05066-2, 166,weblink en,
1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.WEB, Selma March - "We Shall Overcome": LBJ and the 1965 Voting Rights Act {{!, Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Selma-March/We-Shall-Overcome-LBJ-and-the-1965-Voting-Rights-Act |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1974 – Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.WEB, Ranter, Harro, ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B3 OY-STK Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR),weblink 2021-03-14, aviation-safety.net, Aviation Safety Network,
1978 – Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.BOOK, Tucker, Spencer C., A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, 23 December 2009, ABC-CLIO, 978-1-85109-672-5, 2513,weblink en,
1986 – Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.BOOK, Neale, Brian S., Forensic Engineering: The Investigation of Failures : Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Forensic Engineering Organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and Held in London, UK, on 12-13 November, 2001, 2001, Thomas Telford, 978-0-7277-3094-7, 127,weblink en,
1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.NEWS, Remnick, David, GORBACHEV ELECTED PRESIDENT,weblink Washington Post, 11 August 2022, 15 March 1990,
1991 – Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.BOOK, DÃ¶rr, Oliver, Schmalenbach, Kirsten, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary, 22 November 2011, Springer Science & Business Media, 978-3-642-19291-3, 995,weblink en,
2008 – Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of GÃ«rdec, Albania, killing 26 people.WEB, Kulish, Nicholas, After Munitions Explosion, Albanians Ask Why Danger Was Placed So Near,weblink The New York Times, 11 August 2022, 19 April 2008,
2011 – Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.WEB, Syrian Civil War - Uprising in Syria, 2011â€“,weblink Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 October 2021, en,
2019 – Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings.WEB, New Zealand mosque shooter considers appealing life sentence,weblink Reuters, 11 August 2022, en, 8 November 2021,
2019 – Beginning of the 2019â€“20 Hong Kong protests.WEB, Protesters arrested in Hong Kong over proposed China extradition law,weblink Reuters, 8 October 2021, en, 15 March 2019,
2019 – Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.WEB,weblink Photos: kids in 123 countries went on strike to protect the climate, Barclay, Eliza, Amaria, Kainaz, Vox, March 17, 2019, March 17, 2019,

2022 – The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.WEB,weblink Sri Lanka's Leaderless Protests,

Births

Pre-1600

1493 – Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (d. 1567)BOOK, Potter, David, A History of France, 1460-1560: the Emergence of a Nation State, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1985, 978-0-31212-480-9, 97,
1516 – Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (d. 1550)ENCYCLOPEDIA, ALQÄ€S MÄªRZA, Fleischer, C.,weblink Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 9, 907â€“909, 1989,
1582 – Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (d. 1645)BOOK, Hook, Walter Farquhar, An ecclesiastical biography, containing the lives of ancient fathers and modern divines, interspersed with notices of heretics and schismatics, 1844, 59,weblink en,
1591 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary (d. 1660)WEB, Alexandre de Rhodes {{!, French missionary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-de-Rhodes |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}

1601â€“1900

1638 – Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661)WEB, Shunzhi {{!, emperor of Qing dynasty {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shunzhi |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1666 – George BÃ¤hr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (d. 1738)WEB, George BÃ¤hr {{!, German architect {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Bahr |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1754 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (d. 1842)WEB, Archibald Menzies: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland,weblink www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk, 2 January 2021,
1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)WEB, Andrew Jackson {{!, Facts, Biography, & Accomplishments {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Jackson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1779 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)WEB, History of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - GOV.UK,weblink www.gov.uk, 8 October 2021, en,
1790 – Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician and academic (d. 1861)BOOK, Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler, The Jewish Encyclopedia: Leon-Moravia,weblink 1904, Funk & Wagnalls, 258,
1791 – Charles Knight, English author and publisher (d. 1873)WEB, Charles Knight (March 15 1791-March 9 1873) {{!, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead |url=https://www.rbwm.gov.uk/home/leisure-and-culture/local-history-and-heritage/commemorative-plaques/charles-knight-march-15-1791-march-9-1873 |website=www.rbwm.gov.uk |access-date=8 October 2021}}
1809 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia (d. 1876)WEB, Joseph Jenkins Roberts {{!, president of Liberia {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Jenkins-Roberts |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1813 – John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist (d. 1858)WEB, BBC - History - Historic Figures: John Snow (1813 - 1858),weblink www.bbc.co.uk, 11 August 2022,
1821 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist (d. 1895)WEB, Joseph Loschmidt {{!, Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Loschmidt |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1821 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian and author (d. 1892)BOOK, Mackintosh, John, The History of Civilisation in Scotland, 1896, A. Gardner, 225,weblink en,
1824 – Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (d. 1907)WEB, Jules Chevalier {{!, French priest and author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Chevalier |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1830 – Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)WEB, The Nobel Prize in Literature 1910,weblink NobelPrize.org, 11 August 2022,
1830 – Ã‰lisÃ©e Reclus, French geographer and anarchist (d. 1905)WEB, Ã‰lisÃ©e Reclus {{!, French geographer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elisee-Reclus |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1831 – Saint Daniele Comboni, Italian missionary and saint (d. 1881)BOOK, Butler, Alan, Butler's Saints of the Third Millennium: Butler's Lives of the Saints: Supplementary Volume, 1 January 2005, Bloomsbury Academic, 978-0-86012-383-5, 255,weblink en,
1835 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1916)BOOK, Randel, Don Michael, The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 30 October 2002, Harvard University Press, 978-0-674-25572-2, 866,weblink en,
1838 – Karl Davydov, Russian cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1889)BOOK, JaffÃ©, Daniel, Historical Dictionary of Russian Music, 15 February 2022, Rowman & Littlefield, 978-1-5381-3008-7, 122,weblink en,
1851 – John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)BOOK, Williams, Nancy A., Whayne, Jeannie M., Arkansas Biography: A Collection of Notable Lives, 1 January 2000, University of Arkansas Press, 978-1-55728-588-1, 169,weblink en,
1851 – William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (d. 1939)ODNB, Ramsay, Sir William Mitchell (1851â€“1939), classical scholar and archaeologist,weblink 2004, 4 January 2021, en, 10.1093/ref:odnb/35664,
1852 – Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish landowner, playwright, and translator (d. 1932)WEB, Augusta, Lady Gregory {{!, Irish writer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augusta-Lady-Gregory |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1854 – Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)WEB, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901,weblink NobelPrize.org, 11 August 2022,
1857 – Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1925)WEB, Christian Michelsen {{!, prime minister of Norway {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-Michelsen |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1858 – Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science (d. 1954)WEB, Liberty Hyde Bailey {{!, American botanist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Liberty-Hyde-Bailey |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1866 – Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician (d. 1948)AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY, Perks, Murray, Charlton, Matthew (1866â€“1948), charlton-matthew-5563, 11 August 2022, en,
1868 – Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)WEB,weblink Grace Chisholm Young, Agnes Scott College, Dec 27, 2018,
1869 – StanisÅ‚aw Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (d. 1953)WEB, StanisÅ‚aw Wojciechowski {{!, president of Poland {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislaw-Wojciechowski |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1874 – Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1952)WEB, Harold L. Ickes {{!, United States government official {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-L-Ickes |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1878 – Reza Shah, Iranian Shah (d. 1944)WEB, Reza Shah Pahlavi {{!, Biography {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Reza-Shah-Pahlavi |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}
1879 – Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist (d. 1963)Announcements, Science, New Series, volume 139, number 3557, pp. 818â€“819, March 1963
1886 – Gerda Wegener, Danish artist (d. 1940)WEB,weblink Gerda Wegener, 6 April 2021,
1897 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)BOOK, Mallon, Bill, Bijkerk, Anthony Th, The 1920 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary, 11 July 2015, McFarland, 978-1-4766-2161-6, 473,weblink en,
1900 – Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer (d. 1987)WEB, Gilberto de Mello Freyre {{!, Brazilian sociologist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gilberto-de-Mello-Freyre |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}

1901â€“present

1904 – George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979)WEB, George Brent,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160611191630weblink">weblink dead, June 11, 2016, BFI, 16 August 2022, en,
1904 – J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor (d. 1985)WEB, J. Pat O'Malley,weblink weblink dead, September 23, 2020, BFI, 16 August 2022, en,
1905 – Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (d. 1944)BOOK, Leber, Annedore, Conscience In Revolt: Sixty-four Stories Of Resistance In Germany, 1933-45, 28 November 2021, Routledge, 978-0-429-71083-4, 135,weblink en,
1907 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)WEB, Zarah Leander,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170621124857weblink">weblink dead, June 21, 2017, BFI, 16 August 2022, en,
1912 – Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979)WEB, Louis Paul Boon,weblink weblink dead, August 16, 2022, BFI, 16 August 2022, en,
1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)BOOK, Alcorn, Stephen, A Gift of Days: The Greatest Words to Live By, 15 September 2009, Simon and Schuster, 978-1-4169-6776-7, 106,weblink en,
1913 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)BOOK, Monush, Barry, The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965, April 2003, Rowman & Littlefield, 978-1-4803-2998-0, 110,weblink en,
1913 – Jack Fairman, English race car driver (d. 2002)WEB, Obituary: Jack Fairman,weblink the Guardian, 16 August 2022, en, 14 March 2002,
1916 – Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009)WEB, OBITUARIES / FRANK COGHLAN JR., 1916 - 2009,weblink Los Angeles Times, 16 August 2022, 18 September 2009,
1916 – Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, President of Kosovo (d. 2001)BOOK, Elsie, Robert, Historical Dictionary of Kosovo, 15 November 2010, Scarecrow Press, 978-0-8108-7483-1, 130,weblink en,
1916 – Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (d. 1983)NEWS, Harry James {{!, American musician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-James |newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1918 – Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (d. 1987)WEB, Richard Ellmann {{!, American scholar {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ellmann |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=16 August 2022 |language=en}}
1918 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)WEB, Punch Imlach {{!, The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/punch-imlach |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=16 August 2022}}
1919 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002)WEB, Lawrence Tierney,weblink HeraldScotland, 4 March 2002, 16 August 2022, en,
1920 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)WEB, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990,weblink NobelPrize.org, 15 August 2022,
1921 – Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer (d. 2011)WEB, Madelyn Pugh obituary,weblink the Guardian, 16 August 2022, en, 31 May 2011,
1926 – Ben Johnston, American composer and academic (d. 2019)WEB, Kozinn, Allan, Ben Johnston, Who Made Microtonal Music Melodic, Dies at 93,weblink The New York Times, 24 August 2022, 25 July 2019,
1926 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (d. 1983)WEB, Norm Van Brocklin Facts & Stats {{!, Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Norm-Van-Brocklin |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1927 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)WEB, Christian Marquand,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160528055428weblink">weblink dead, May 28, 2016, BFI, 24 August 2022, en,
1927 – Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)Wilson 2016, p. 697
1928 – Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist (d. 2019)WEB, Bob Wilber obituary,weblink the Guardian, 24 August 2022, en, 4 September 2019,
1930 – Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)BOOK, Benediktas Juodka, V. P. Puronas, The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences,weblink 2003, Lietuvos mokslÅ³ akademija, 978-9986-08-038-1, 169,
1932 – Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (d. 2018)WEB, Alan Bean {{!, Facts, Biography, & Apollo 12 {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Bean |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}
1932 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer (d. 2006)WEB, Arif Mardin,weblink weblink dead, July 28, 2021, BFI, 24 August 2022, en,
1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (d. 2020)NEWS,weblink Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court's Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87, Linda, Greenhouse, The New York Times, September 18, 2020,
1933 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)WEB, Philippe de Broca,weblink The Independent, 24 August 2022, en, 1 August 2022,
1934 – Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (d. 2006)NEWS, Kanshi Ram,weblink The Times, 24 August 2022, en,
1935 – Judd Hirsch, American actor
1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television hostWEB, Jimmy Swaggart {{!, Biography, Ministries, & Scandals {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jimmy-Swaggart |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1936 – Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986)WEB, HOWARD GREENFIELD,weblink The New York Times, 26 August 2022, 14 March 1986,
1937 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (d. 2015)WEB, Kishkovsky, Sophia, Valentin Rasputin, Russian Writer Who Led 'Village Prose' Movement, Dies at 77,weblink The New York Times, 26 August 2022, 18 March 2015,
1939 – Ted Kaufman, American politicianBOOK, Press, C. Q., Guide to Congress, 10 August 2012, CQ Press, 978-1-4522-3532-5, 1537,weblink en,
1939 – Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 2016)WEB, Robert Nye obituary,weblink the Guardian, 26 August 2022, en, 19 July 2016,
1939 – Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (d. 1986)ODNB,weblink Tullis [nÃ©e Palau], Julia Elissa May [Julie], 2004, 10.1093/ref:odnb/62486, Dec 27, 2018, Salkeld, Audrey,
1940 – Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 2019)WEB, Frank Dobson obituary,weblink the Guardian, 26 August 2022, en, 12 November 2019,
1940 – Phil Lesh, American bassistWEB, Phil Lesh {{!, American musician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phil-Lesh |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1941 – Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician
1943 – David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriterWEB, David Cronenberg {{!, Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Cronenberg |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en}}
1943 – Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and authorWEB, Lynda La Plante,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20181126092932weblink">weblink dead, November 26, 2018, BFI, 26 August 2022, en,
1943 – Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop (d. 2014)WEB, The Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt - obituary,weblink www.telegraph.co.uk, 28 September 2014, 26 August 2022,
1943 – Sly Stone, American musician and record producerWEB, Biography,weblink SlyStoneMusic.com, 3 March 2023,
1944 – Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runnerWEB, Olympedia â€“ Chi Cheng,weblink www.olympedia.org, 26 August 2022,
1944 – Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriterWEB, Jacques Doillon,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180129102308weblink">weblink dead, January 29, 2018, BFI, 26 August 2022, en,
1944 – Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)WEB, Francis Mankiewicz,weblink weblink dead, July 6, 2020, BFI, 26 August 2022, en,
1946 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)WEB, Bobby Bonds Facts {{!, Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Bobby-Bonds |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1946 – John Dempsey, English-Irish footballer and managerWEB,weblink John Dempsey, 10 March 2020,
1947 – Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter and guitaristWEB, Ry Cooder {{!, Biography, Music, Collaborations, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ry-Cooder |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}
1948 – Kate Bornstein, American author and activistWEB,weblink LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress), id.loc.gov, The Library of Congress, 2018-03-05,
1948 – SÃ©rgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)BOOK, Bartrop, Paul R., A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide: Portraits of Evil and Good, 6 July 2012, ABC-CLIO, 978-0-313-38679-4, 323,weblink en,
1951 – David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English politicianWEB, Alton of Liverpool, Baron, (David Patrick Paul Alton) (born 15 March 1951),weblink WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO, 2007, 26 August 2022, en, 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U5392, 978-0-19-954088-4,
1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress
1954 – Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and actressWEB, Isobel Buchanan {{!, Opera Scotland |url=http://operascotland.org/person/3891/Isobel-Buchanan |website=operascotland.org |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1954 – Henry Marsh, American runner and businessmanWEB, Henry MARSH {{!, Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/henry-marsh-14344509 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=26 August 2022}}
1954 – Craig Wasson, American actorWEB, Craig Wasson,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160513010739weblink">weblink dead, May 13, 2016, BFI, 4 January 2021, en,
1955 – Mickey Hatcher, American baseball player and coachWEB, Mickey Hatcher,weblink Major League Baseball, 14 March 2024,
1955 – Mohsin Khan, Pakistani cricketerWEB, Mohsin Khan profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos,weblink ESPNcricinfo, 26 August 2022,
1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter
1957 – Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor
1957 – Park Overall, American actress and activist
1959 – Harold Baines, American baseball player
1959 – Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producerWEB, Renny Harlin,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171229234751weblink">weblink dead, December 29, 2017, BFI, 26 August 2022, en,
1959 – Fabio Lanzoni, Italian-American model and actorWEB, Famous birthdays for March 15: David Cronenberg, Bret Michaels,weblink UPI, 14 March 2024, 15 March 2023,
1959 – Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and authorBOOK, Gale, Cengage Learning, A Study Guide for Ben Okri's "In the Shadow of War",weblink 2005, Gale, Cengage Learning, 978-1-4103-4959-0, 5,
1959 – Eliot Teltscher, American tennis playerWEB,weblink Eliot Teltscher {{pipe, Overview {{pipe}} ATP Tour {{pipe}} Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}
1960 – Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball playerWEB, Mike Pagliarulo,weblink Society for American Baseball Research, 26 August 2022,
1961 – Terry Cummings, American basketball playerBOOK, Porter, David L., Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary, 2005, Greenwood Publishing Group, 978-0-313-30952-6, 96,weblink en,
1962 – Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter
1963 – Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality
1964 – Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musicianWEB, Rockwell (1964- ),weblink blackpast.org, 26 August 2022, 14 December 2021,
1965 – Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academicWEB, Sunetra Gupta - Literature,weblink literature.britishcouncil.org, 26 August 2022,
1966 – Chris Bruno, American actor
1967 – Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist and creator of Sailor MoonWEB,weblink Anime News Network Page,
1968 – Kahimi Karie, Japanese singerWEB,weblink ã‚«ãƒ’ãƒŸãƒ»ã‚«ãƒªã‚£, Dec 28, 2018,
1968 – Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter
1968 – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriterWEB, Sabrina,weblink Oxford Reference, 24 August 2022, en,
1969 – Gianluca Festa, Italian footballerWEB, Gianluca Festa - Player Profile - Football,weblink Eurosport UK, 24 August 2022, en,
1969 – Kim Raver, American actress
1969 – Yutaka Take, Japanese jockeyWEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071011082936weblink">weblink dead, October 11, 2007, Yutaka Take, NTRA, Dec 28, 2018,
1970 – Derek Parra, American speed skaterWEB, Derek Parra - Player Profile - Speed Skating,weblink Eurosport UK, 24 August 2022, en,
1971 – Joanne Wise, English long jumperWEB, Joanne Wise,weblink worldathletics.org, 29 September 2021,
1972 – Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter and musicianWEB, What's his age again? Blink-182's Mark Hoppus turns 50,weblink KUPD, 3 March 2023, 15 March 2022,
1972 – Holger Stromberg, German chefWEB,weblink Biografie Holger Stromberg, Lecker, de, Dec 28, 2018,
1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football player and coachWEB, Mike Tomlin (1972- ),weblink Blackpast, 24 August 2022, 25 March 2018,
1974 – Robert Fick, American baseball playerWEB, Robert Fick,weblink Society for American Baseball Research, 24 August 2022,
1975 – Eva Longoria, American actressBOOK, Chase's Calendar of Events 2022: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months, 15 November 2021, Rowman & Littlefield, 978-1-64143-504-8, 176,weblink en,
1975 – Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey playerWEB, Darcy Tucker - Player Profile - Ice Hockey,weblink Eurosport UK, 24 August 2022, en,
1975 – will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actorWEB, will.i.am,weblink blackpast.org, 25 July 2021, 29 September 2021,
1976 – Cara Pifko, Canadian actressWEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070311055859weblink">weblink dead, March 11, 2007, CARA PIFKO, Dec 28, 2018,
1977 – Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist
1977 – Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor
1977 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian military officer (d. 2008)WEB, All for one-story-Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan,weblink Atharva foundation, 18 September 2022,
1978 – Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
1979 – Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketerWEB, Kyle Mills profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos,weblink ESPNcricinfo, 24 August 2022,
1979 – Kevin Youkilis, American baseball playerWEB, Kevin Youkilis,weblink Society for American Baseball Research, 24 August 2022,
1980 – Freddie Bynum, American baseball playerWEB, Freddie Bynum,weblink Society for American Baseball Research, 24 August 2022,
1981 – Young Buck, American rapperWEB, Young Buck,weblink Oxford Reference, 24 August 2022, en,
1981 – Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballerWEB, Mikael Forssell - Player Profile - Football,weblink Eurosport UK, 16 August 2022, en,
1981 – Jens SalumÃ¤e, Estonian skierWEB,weblink weblink dead, April 17, 2020, Jens SalumÃƒÂ¤e, Sports Reference, Dec 28, 2018,
1982 – Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Kenyan runnerWEB, Wilson Kipsang KIPROTICH {{!, Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/wilson-kipsang-kiprotich-14208463 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=16 August 2022}}
1983 – Umut Bulut, Turkish footballerWEB, Umut Bulut - Player Profile - Football,weblink Eurosport UK, 16 August 2022, en,
1983 – Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketerWEB, Ben Hilfenhaus profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos,weblink ESPNcricinfo, 16 August 2022,
1983 – Kostas Kaimakoglou, Greek basketball playerWEB, Konstantinos Kaimakoglou - Player Profile - Basketball,weblink Eurosport UK, 16 August 2022, en,
1983 – Golda Marcus, Salvadoran swimmerWEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080902033403weblink">weblink dead, September 2, 2008, MARCUS Golda, Dec 28, 2018,
1983 – Daryl Murphy, Irish footballerWEB, Daryl Murphy - Player Profile - Football,weblink Eurosport UK, 16 August 2022, en,
1983 – Yo Yo Honey Singh, Indian rapper, producer, and actorWEB,weblink
1984 – Badradine Belloumou, French-Algerian footballerWEB, Badradine Belloumou - Player Profile - Football,weblink Eurosport UK, 16 August 2022, en,
1984 – Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skaterWEB, Olivier Jean - Player Profile - Short Track,weblink Eurosport UK, 16 August 2022, en,
1984 – Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball playerWEB, Vasileiadis Kostas - Player Profile - Basketball,weblink Eurosport UK, 11 August 2022, en,
1985 – Eva Amurri, American actressWEB, Rose, Mike, Today's famous birthdays list for March 15, 2023 includes celebrities Eva Longoria, Judd Hirsch,weblink The Plain Dealer, Associated Press, 14 March 2024, 15 March 2023,
1985 – Jon Jay, American baseball player and coachWEB, Jon Jay,weblink Major League Baseball, 14 March 2024,
1985 – Kellan Lutz, American actor and model
1986 – Jai Courtney, Australian actorWEB, Steinbeiser, Andrew, Happy Birthday! Jai Courtney Turns 29 Today,weblink ComicBook.com, 3 March 2023, 15 March 2015,
1986 – Jannik Hansen, Danish ice hockey playerWEB, Jannik Hansen,weblink National Hockey League, 14 March 2024,
1987 – Eric Decker, American football playerWEB, Eric Decker,weblink ESPN, 14 March 2024,
1988 – Lil Dicky, American rapper, comedian, and actorWEB, Madden, Sidney, Happy Birthday, Lil Dicky!,weblink XXL (magazine), XXL, 3 March 2023, 15 March 2017,
1988 – Ã‰ver GuzmÃ¡n, Mexican footballerWEB, Ever GuzmÃ¡n - Player Profile - Football,weblink Eurosport UK, 11 August 2022, en,
1988 – James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey playerWEB, James Reimer - Player Profile - Ice Hockey,weblink Eurosport UK, 11 August 2022, en,
1989 – Sam Baldock, English footballerWEB, Sam Baldock,weblink www.eurosport.com, 8 October 2021,
1989 – Gil Roberts, American sprinterWEB, Gil Roberts,weblink World Athletics, 8 February 2020,
1989 – Sandro, Brazilian footballerWEB,weblink Sandro, 10 March 2020,
1989 – Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballerWEB, Adrien Silva,weblink www.eurosport.com, 8 October 2021,
1989 – Caitlin Wachs, American actress
1990 – Nick Ahmed, American baseball playerWEB, Nick Ahmed,weblink Major League Baseball, 14 March 2024,
1990 – Tavon Austin, American football playerWEB, Tavon Austin,weblink ESPN, 14 March 2024,
1990 – JD McDonagh, Irish professional wrestlerWEB, JD McDonagh,weblink ESPN, 14 March 2024, 30 November 2023,
1991 – Xavier Henry, American basketball playerWEB, Xavier Henry,weblink NBA G League, 3 June 2020,
1991 – Trayce Thompson, American baseball playerWEB, Trayce Thompson,weblink Major League Baseball, 14 March 2024,
1992 – Devonta Freeman, American football playerWEB, Devonta Freeman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, ...,weblink Pro-Football-Reference.com, March 14, 2024,
1993 – Alia Bhatt, British actressNEWS, Sharma, Sarika, Alia Bhatt celebrates birthday shooting for 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania',weblink 15 March 2014, The Indian Express, 15 March 2014, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140315132259weblink">weblink 15 March 2014, NEWS, Saxena, Kashika, I am sometimes retarded, sometimes composed: Alia Bhatt,weblink 15 March 2014, The Times of India, 11 October 2013, live,weblink 12 January 2018,
1993 – Michael Fulmer, American baseball playerWEB, Michael Fulmer,weblink Major League Baseball, 14 March 2024,
1993 – Taylor Heinicke, American football playerWEB, Taylor Heinicke,weblink ESPN, 14 March 2024,
1993 – Aleksandra KruniÄ‡, Serbian tennis playerWEB, Aleksandra Krunic {{!, Player Stats & More â€“ WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316344/aleksandra-krunic |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballerWEB, Paul Pogba,weblink FBref, 15 October 2020,
1993 – Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey playerWEB, Mark Scheifele,weblink National Hockey League, 14 March 2024,
1994 – Matt Gay, American football playerWEB, Matt Gay,weblink ESPN, 14 March 2024,
1995 – Jabari Parker, American basketball playerWEB, Jabari Parker,weblink National Basketball Association, 14 March 2024,
1996 – Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestlerWEB, Rueter, Sean, MJF's mother pauses their feud to make a wish on his birthday,weblink CageSide Seats, 3 March 2023, 15 March 2022,
1996 – Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooterWEB, Seonaid McIntosh,weblink Team Scotland, 9 February 2020, en,
2000 – Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriterNEWS, Bulgaria sends a 'Beautiful Mess' to Kyiv,weblink eurovision.tv, 3 June 2020, 13 March 2017,
2001 – Ellie Leach, English actressWEB,weblink Brooke Vincent gushes over ITV Coronation Street star cousin Ellie Leach with throwback snap on 21st birthday, Manchester Evening News, Sansome, Jessica, 16 March 2022, 13 January 2023,
2003 – Quinn Ewers, American football playerWEB, Quinn Ewers - Football,weblink University of Texas Athletics, March 14, 2024,
2004 – Isaiah Bond, American football playerWEB,weblink Isaiah Bond, WR Alabama, dynastyleaguefootball.com, August 28, 2023,

Deaths

Pre-1600

44 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (b. 100 BC)WEB, Julius Caesar {{!, Biography, Conquests, Facts, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}
220 – Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesmanBOOK, Vervoorn, Aat Emile, Men of the Cliffs and Caves: The Development of the Chinese Eremitic Tradition to the End of the Han Dynasty, 1990, Chinese University Press, 978-962-201-415-2, 315,weblink en,
493 – Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (b. 433)WEB, Odoacer {{!, king of Italy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Odoacer |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
963 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperorWEB, Romanos II,weblink Oxford Reference, 2 January 2021, en,
990 – Siegfried I (the Older), German noblemanJOURNAL, Grosse, Walther, Die Grafen von Walbeck, Harz-Zeitschrift, 1952, 4,
1124 – Ernulf, Bishop of RochesterBOOK, Knowles, David, The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 940-1216, 29 January 2004, Cambridge University Press, 978-0-521-54808-3, 285,weblink en, BOOK, Swabey, Ffiona, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Courtly Love, and the Troubadours, 2004, Greenwood Publishing Group, 978-0-313-32523-6, xliii,weblink en,
1190 – Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (b. 1170)BOOK, Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke, Cates, William Leist Readwin, Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical, 1872, Lee and Shepard, 1125,weblink en,
1311 – Walter V, Count of BrienneBOOK, Bradbury, Jim, The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare, 2 August 2004, Routledge, 978-1-134-59847-2, 93,weblink en,
1536 – PargalÄ± Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1493)WEB, Ibrahim Pasha {{!, Ottoman Grand Vizier, Suleyman the Magnificent, & Biography {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ibrahim-Pasa-Ottoman-vizier-circa-1493-1536 |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1575 – Annibale Padovano, Italian organist and composer (b. 1527)BOOK, Arnold, Corliss Richard, Organ Literature: Biographical Catalog, 1 January 1995, Scarecrow Press, 978-1-4616-7025-4, 8,weblink en,

1601â€“1900

1673 – Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615)WEB, Salvator Rosa {{!, Italian painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Salvator-Rosa |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 August 2022}}
1711 – Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1645)BOOK, Bowden, Henry Warner, Dictionary of American Religious Biography, 1993, Greenwood Publishing Group, 978-0-313-27825-9, 292,weblink en,
1820 – Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)WEB, Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer {{!, German saint |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Clement-Mary-Hofbauer |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}
1842 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)WEB, Luigi Cherubini {{!, Biography, Compositions, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Luigi-Cherubini |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1848 – Johan Jakob Nervander, Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (b. 1805)WEB,weblink Nervander Johan Jacob, Agricola, February 23, 2022, fi,
1891 – Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)WEB, BBC - History - Joseph Bazalgette,weblink www.bbc.co.uk, 18 March 2022,
1897 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)WEB, James Joseph Sylvester {{!, English mathematician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Joseph-Sylvester |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1898 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)WEB, Henry Bessemer {{!, Biography, Inventions, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Bessemer |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}

1901â€“present

1921 – Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)WEB, Talat PaÅŸa {{!, Turkish statesman {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Talat-Pasa |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1927 – Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858){{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Cornthwaite|Last=Rason|shortlink=0-dict-biogR.htmlrason1}}
1937 – H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)WEB, H.P. Lovecraft,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180705042154weblink">weblink dead, July 5, 2018, BFI, 29 August 2022, en,
1941 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)WEB, Alexey von Jawlensky {{!, Russian painter {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexey-von-Jawlensky |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1942 – Rachel Field, American author and poet (b. 1894)BOOK, Fordyce, Rachel, Field, Rachel (Lyman), D.L., Kirkpatrick, Twentieth-century Children's Writers, London, Macmillan, 1978, 978-0-33323-414-3, 445,
1948 – Imanuel Lauster, German engineer (b. 1873){{Citation |last = Sass |first = Friedrich |year = 1962 |title = Geschichte des deutschen Verbrennungsmotorenbaus von 1860 bis 1918 |publisher = Springer |location = Berlin/Heidelberg |isbn = 978-3-662-11843-6 |language = de |page= 521 }}
1959 – Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)WEB, Young, Lester (1909-1959), jazz musician,weblink American National Biography, 2000, 29 August 2022, 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801275, 978-0-19-860669-7, Dufour, Ronald P.,
1962 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)WEB, Arthur Holly Compton {{!, Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Holly-Compton |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1966 – Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)WEB, Abe Saperstein,weblink Society for American Baseball Research, 29 August 2022,
1969 – Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)WEB, (William) Miles Malleson,weblink Oxford Reference, 29 August 2022, en,
1970 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)WEB, TARJEI VESAAS, 72, NORWEGIAN POET,weblink The New York Times, 29 August 2022, 16 March 1970,
1975 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)WEB, Aristotle Onassis,weblink weblink dead, September 20, 2021, BFI, 29 August 2022, en,
1977 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)WEB, Hubert Aquin {{!, The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hubert-aquin |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=29 August 2022}}
1977 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921)BOOK, Johnson, Steven, Oliver, Greg, Mooneyham, Mike, The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes and Icons, 11 January 2013, ECW Press, 978-1-77090-269-5, 89,weblink en,
1981 – RenÃ© Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898)WEB, RenÃ© Clair {{!, French director {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Clair |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1983 – Rebecca West, English author and critic (b. 1892)WEB, Rebecca West,weblink weblink dead, August 29, 2022, BFI, 29 August 2022, en,
1988 – Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1921)BOOK, Hastedt, Glenn P., Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operations: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage, 2011, ABC-CLIO, 978-1-85109-807-1, 627,weblink en,
1990 – Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958)WEB, Executed by Saddam: the death of Farzad Bazoft, 20 years on,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 14 March 2010,
1990 – Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)WEB, Tom Harmon {{!, American athlete {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tom-Harmon |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1991 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)WEB, Bud Freeman {{!, American musician {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bud-Freeman |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1997 – Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)Wilson 2016, p. 180
1997 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1906)WEB, Victor Vasarely {{!, French artist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victor-Vasarely |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
1998 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (b. 1903)WEB, Benjamin Spock {{!, Biography, Child-Rearing Theories, & Opposition to Vietnam War {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benjamin-Spock |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
2001 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b. 1909)WEB, Obituary: Ann Sothern,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 22 March 2001,
2003 – Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911)WEB, Thora Hird,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160723215447weblink">weblink dead, July 23, 2016, BFI, 29 August 2022, en,
2003 – Paul Stojanovich, American television producer, created World's Wildest Police Videos (b. 1955)WEB, Paul Stojanovich,weblink weblink dead, August 29, 2022, BFI, 29 August 2022, en,
2004 – Philippe Lemaire, French actor (b. 1927)WEB, Philippe Lemaire,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170724035816weblink">weblink dead, July 24, 2017, BFI, 29 August 2022, en,
2004 – Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (b. 1910)WEB, William Pickering,weblink The Independent, 29 August 2022, en, 20 March 2004,
2004 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)WEB, Wright, Pearce, Obituary: Sir John Pople,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 19 March 2004,
2005 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player (b. 1923)WEB, Olympedia â€“ Otar Korkia,weblink www.olympedia.org, 29 August 2022,
2006 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)WEB, Obituary: George Rallis,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 2 April 2006,
2006 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (b. 1918)BOOK, Zeisler, Laurel, Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey, 19 December 2012, Scarecrow Press, 978-0-8108-7863-1, 302,weblink en,
2007 – Charles Harrelson, American murderer (b. 1938)WEB, Charles Harrelson, 69; father of actor killed federal judge,weblink Los Angeles Times, 29 August 2022, 22 March 2007,
2007 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (b. 1927)WEB, Obituary: Stuart Rosenberg,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 20 March 2007,
2008 – Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1954)WEB, Obituary: Mikey Dread,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 25 March 2008,
2008 – G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (b. 1956)WEB, Astronaut served on three missions aboard shuttles,weblink Los Angeles Times, 29 August 2022, 24 March 2008,
2008 – Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a pilot's license. (b. 1914)WEB,weblink à¤¸à¤°à¤²à¤¾ à¤ à¤•à¤°à¤¾à¤², à¤à¤• à¤ªà¤°à¤µà¤¾à¤œà¤¼ à¤†à¤¸à¤®à¤¾à¤¨ à¤®à¥‡à¤‚, 2015-05-14, India TV Hindi, hi, 2019-02-23,
2009 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)WEB, Obituary: Ron Silver,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 28 March 2009,
2010 – Kazim al-Samawi, Iraqi poet (b. 1925)NEWS, ÙÙŠ Ø³ØªÙˆÙƒÙ‡ÙˆÙ„Ù… Ø±ØÙ„ Ø´ÙŠØ® Ø§Ù„Ù…Ù†ÙÙŠÙŠÙ† Ø§Ù„Ø¹Ø±Ø§Ù‚ÙŠÙŠÙ† Ø§Ù„Ø´Ø§Ø¹Ø± ÙƒØ§Ø¸Ù… Ø§Ù„Ø³Ù…Ø§ÙˆÙŠ,weblink Sveriges Radio,weblink 5 September 2022, ar, 17 March 2010,
2011 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (b. 1969)NEWS, Lives in brief: Nate Dogg,weblink The Times, 29 August 2022, en,
2011 – Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (b. 1963)WEB, Musician Smiley Culture dies during police raid on Surrey home,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 15 March 2011,
2012 – Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (b. 1946)WEB, Mervyn Davies obituary,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 16 March 2012,
2012 – Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)WEB, Dave Philley,weblink Society for American Baseball Research, 29 August 2022,
2013 – Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, Governor of Washington (b. 1936)NEWS, Corte, Rachel La, Booth Gardner, two-term governor of Washington state, dies at 76,weblink Washington Post, 29 August 2022, 17 March 2013,
2013 – Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (b. 1935)WEB, Terry Lightfoot obituary,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 19 March 2013,
2013 – Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (b. 1963)Wilson 2016, p. 497
2013 – Peter Worsley, English sociologist (b. 1924)WEB, Peter Worsley obituary,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 28 March 2013,
2014 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (b. 1949)WEB, Scott Asheton obituary,weblink The Guardian, 15 December 2020, en, 17 March 2014,
2014 – David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936)WEB, Angeles, Associated Press in Los, David Brenner, Tonight Show favourite, dies aged 78,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 15 March 2014,
2014 – Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927)WEB, Yardley, William, Howard H. Callaway, Strategist Who Helped G.O.P. Rise in South, Dies at 86,weblink The New York Times, 29 August 2022, 22 March 2014,
2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947)WEB, Clarissa Dickson Wright obituary,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 17 March 2014,
2015 – Collins Chabane, South African politician (b. 1960)BOOK, Canoquena, JoÃ£o, Road Safety Management in Africa: The Need to Calibrate Effort, 10 June 2019, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 978-1-5275-3584-8, 113,weblink en,
2015 – Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928)WEB, Robert Clatworthy obituary,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 30 March 2015,
2015 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928)WEB, Sally Forrest obituary,weblink the Guardian, 29 August 2022, en, 1 April 2015,
2015 – Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937)NEWS, Langer, Emily, Curtis Gans, political analyst and 'Dump Johnson' organizer, dies at 77,weblink Washington Post, 29 August 2022, 16 March 2015,
2015 – Mike Porcaro, American bass player (b. 1955)NEWS, Mike Porcaro, bassist with pop group Toto, dies at 59,weblink Washington Post, 29 August 2022,
2016 – Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (b. 1927)WEB, Sylvia Anderson obituary,weblink The Guardian, 4 January 2021, en, 16 March 2016,
2016 – Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (b. 1921)WEB, Asa Briggs obituary,weblink The Guardian, 15 December 2020, en, 15 March 2016,
2016 – Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978)WEB, Former Leicester Tigers and Fiji rugby player Rabeni dies, aged 37,weblink The Independent, 2 January 2021, en, 17 March 2016,
2019 – Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (b. 1948)Larry DiTillio, co-creator of She-Ra and well-known genre TV writer has passed away, Syfy.com 17 March 2019. Accessed on 18 March 2019.
2020 – Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (b. 1927)NEWS, Agence France-Presse, Vittorio Gregotti, renowned Italian architect, dies of coronavirus at 92,weblink 16 March 2020, The Guardian, 16 March 2020,
2022 – Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (b. 1935)Obituary, Barbara Gustern, The New York Times, March 24, 2022

Holidays and observances

Ancient Roman religious observance:
- Ides of MarchWEB,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110316191954weblink">weblink dead, March 16, 2011, Ides of March: What Is It? Why Do We Still Observe It?, 15 March 2011,
Christian feast day:
- Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church)WEB,weblink St. Aristobulus, Saints & Angels, Catholic Online, 15 July 2012,
- Clement Mary Hofbauer
- LeocritiaBOOK, Watkins, Basil, The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary, 19 November 2015, Bloomsbury Publishing, 978-0-567-66415-0, 695,weblink en,
- Saint LonginusBOOK, Dutschke, C. W., Rouse, Richard H., Ferrari, Mirella, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Claremont Libraries, January 1986, University of California Press, 978-0-520-09644-8, 139,weblink en,
- Louise de MarillacWEB, Saint Louise de Marillac {{!, Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Louise-de-Marillac |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}
- March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Belarus)BOOK, Silitski, Vitali Jr., Zaprudnik, Jan, The A to Z of Belarus, 7 April 2010, Scarecrow Press, 978-1-4617-3174-0, 211,weblink en,
International Day To Combat IslamophobiaNEWS, General Assembly Unanimously Adopts Texts on Combating Islamophobia, Protecting Rangelands, Tackling Difficulties for Widows, Bicycles as Public Transportation,weblink www.un.org, 20 April 2022,
Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday (Liberia)WEB,weblink March 15th, Is J. J. Roberts Birthday; To Be Observed As National Holiday, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Liberia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, March 12, 2012, June 19, 2022,
National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary)BOOK, Esbenshade, Richard S., Hungary, 2005, Marshall Cavendish, 978-0-7614-1846-7, 114,weblink en,
World Consumer Rights Day (International)BOOK, Fernando, A. C., Corporate Governance: Principles, Polices and Practices, 2/e, 2011, Pearson Education India, 978-81-317-5845-8, 166,weblink en,
Youth Day (Palau)BOOK, The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe, 29 July 2004, Taylor & Francis, 978-1-85743-255-8, 3304,weblink en,

Notes

BOOK, Wilson, Scott, Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed., 19 August 2016, McFarland, 978-1-4766-2599-7,weblink en,

References

External links

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