About March 1

March 1, 2025 is the 60th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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Pisces is the sun 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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 353 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On March 1

  • 86 BC –
    Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus.
  • 317 –
    Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares
  • 1565 –
    The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
  • 1811 –
    Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
  • 1815 –
    Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
  • 1836 –
    A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
  • 1867 –
    Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
  • 1886 –
    The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
  • 1896 –
    Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo–Ethiopian War.
  • 1910 –
    The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • 1914 –
    The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • 1936 –
    The Hoover Dam is completed.
  • 1939 –
    A Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
  • 1956 –
    The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
  • 1964 –
    Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
  • 1966 –
    The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
  • 1972 –
    The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.
  • 1995 –
    Prime Minister of Poland Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
  • 2000 –
    Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.
  • 2003 –
    Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

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