| 24841 | March 4 | Death | 2013 – Hobart Muir Smith, American herpetologist and zoologist (b. 1912) |
| 24842 | March 4 | Death | 2013 – Toren Smith, Canadian businessman, founded Studio Proteus (b. 1960) |
| 24843 | March 4 | Death | 2013 – Fran Warren, American singer and actress (b. 1926) |
| 24844 | March 4 | Death | 2014 – Renato Cioni, Italian tenor (b. 1929) |
| 24845 | March 4 | Death | 2014 – László Fekete, Hungarian footballer (b. 1954) |
| 24846 | March 4 | Death | 2014 – Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (b. 1953) |
| 24847 | March 4 | Death | 2014 – Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (b. 1923) |
| 24848 | March 4 | Death | 2014 – Jack Kinzler, American engineer (b. 1920) |
| 24849 | March 4 | Death | 2014 – Maja Petrin, Croatian actress (b. 1972) |
| 24850 | March 4 | Death | 2014 – Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (b. 1939) |
| 24851 | March 4 | Death | 2015 – Dušan Bilandžić, Croatian historian and politician (b. 1924) |
| 24852 | March 4 | Death | 2015 – Ray Hatton, English-American runner, author, and academic (b. 1932) |
| 24853 | March 4 | Death | 2015 – Karl-Alfred Jacobsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1926) |
| 24854 | March 4 | Death | 2015 – Jam Sebastian, Filipino video blogger (b. 1986) |
| 24855 | March 4 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Adrian of NicomediaBasinusBlessed Humbert III, Count of Savoy (Roman Catholic Church)Blessed Zoltán MeszlényiCasimirPaul Cuffee (Episcopal Church)Peter of PappacarboneMarch 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)Giovanni Antonio Farina (Catholi |
| 24856 | March 4 | Holiday and observance | St Casimir's Day (Poland and Lithuania) |
| 24857 | March 4 | Holiday and observance | Purim begins in evening |
| 24858 | March 4 | Holiday and observance | Cassinga Day |
| 24859 | March 5 | Event | 363 – Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. |
| 24860 | March 5 | Event | 1046 – Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. |
| 24861 | March 5 | Event | 1279 – The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| 24862 | March 5 | Event | 1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands. |
| 24863 | March 5 | Event | 1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is banned by the Catholic Church |
| 24864 | March 5 | Event | 1766 – Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans. |
| 24865 | March 5 | Event | 1770 – Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. |
| 24866 | March 5 | Event | 1811 – Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa. |
| 24867 | March 5 | Event | 1824 – First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma. |
| 24868 | March 5 | Event | 1836 – Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. |
| 24869 | March 5 | Event | 1850 – The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened. |
| 24870 | March 5 | Event | 1860 – Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. |