29212 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | World Contact Day (international) |
29213 | March 16 | Event | 597 BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, and replace Jeconiah with Zedekiah as king. |
29214 | March 16 | Event | 455 – Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martius (Rome). |
29215 | March 16 | Event | 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. |
29216 | March 16 | Event | 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. |
29217 | March 16 | Event | 1244 – Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur. |
29218 | March 16 | Event | 1322 – The Battle of Boroughbridge take place in the Despenser Wars. |
29219 | March 16 | Event | 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan, reached the island of Homonhon, in the Philippines, with 150 crew. Members of his expedition became the first Spaniards to reach the Philippine archipelago, but were not the first Europeans. He landed with three small ships, Con |
29220 | March 16 | Event | 1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset." |
29191 | March 15 | Death | 2014 – Paddy Cronin, Irish fiddler (b. 1925) |
29192 | March 15 | Death | 2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and academic (b. 1947) |
29193 | March 15 | Death | 2014 – Everett L. Fullam, American priest and scholar (b. 1930) |
29194 | March 15 | Death | 2014 – Jesper Langballe, Danish priest and politician (b. 1939) |
29195 | March 15 | Death | 2014 – Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cats) (b. 1943) |
29196 | March 15 | Death | 2015 – Collins Chabane, South African politician (b. 1960) |
29197 | March 15 | Death | 2015 – Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928) |
29198 | March 15 | Death | 2015 – Narayan Desai, Indian author and activist (b. 1924) |
29199 | March 15 | Death | 2015 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928) |
29200 | March 15 | Death | 2015 – Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937) |
29201 | March 15 | Death | 2015 – Mike Porcaro, American bass player (Toto) (b. 1955) |
29202 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Clemens Maria HofbauerLeocritiaLonginusLouise de MarillacRaymond of FiteroMarch 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
29203 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | Constitution Day (Belarus) |
29204 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Palm Sunday can fall, while April 18 is the latest celebrated on the sixth Sunday of Lent (Christianity) |
29205 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | Hōnen Matsuri (Japan) |
29206 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | International Day Against Police Brutality (International) |
29207 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | J. J. Roberts' Birthday (Liberia) |
29208 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | National Day (Hungary), celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 |
29209 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | World Consumer Rights Day (International) |
29210 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film (International) |
29211 | March 15 | Holiday and observance | Youth Day (Palau) |