Calendar Day of Week for March 1st. It's the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 305 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for March 1st
Year 42 » The Roman Senate posthumously Apotheosis named deifies Julius Caesar
Year 45 » The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.
Year 69 » The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
Year 153 » Roman consuls begin their year in office.
Year 193 » The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.
Year 414 Calendar » Galla Placidia, half-sister of Emperor Honorius (emperor) Honorius, is married to the Visigoths Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Goths Gothic booty.
Year 417 Calendar » Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius III called Constantius, his famous general ('magister militum').
Year 1001 Calendar » Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.
Year 1068 Calendar » Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned List of Byzantine emperors e.g Byzantine Emperor.
Year 1259 Calendar » Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
Year 1438 Calendar » Albert II of Germany or Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
Year 1502 Calendar » The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is first explored by the Portugal e.g Portuguese.
Year 1515 Calendar » King Francis I of France succeeds to the France known as French throne.
Year 1527 Calendar » Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor e.g Ferdinand I of Austria as List of rulers of Croatia King of Croatia e.g King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
Year 1600 Calendar » Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
Year 1651 Calendar » Charles II of England e.g Charles II is crowned List of Scottish monarchs known as King of Scotland.
Year 1700 Calendar » Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
Year 1707 Calendar » John V of Portugal known as John V is crowned King of Portugal.
Year 1739 Calendar » Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
Year 1773 Calendar » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire called Olney, England, Great Britain.
Year 1776 Calendar » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is Burning of Norfolk or burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
Year 1788 Calendar » First edition of 'The Times' of London, previously 'The Daily Universal Register', is published.
Year 1801 Calendar » The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Year 1801 » The dwarf planet Ceres (dwarf planet) named Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
Year 1803 Calendar » Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
Year 1804 Calendar » French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States
Year 1808 Calendar » The importation of slavery e.g slaves into the United States is banned.
Year 1810 Calendar » Major-General Lachlan Macquarie Order of the Bath or CB officially becomes Governor of New South Wales
Year 1812 Calendar » The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham
Year 1822 Calendar » The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
Year 1833 Calendar » The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
Year 1845 Calendar » The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn, New York City called New York, New York is completed.
Year 1860 Calendar » Postage stamps and postal history of Poland First Polish stamp e.g First Polish stamp is issued.
Year 1863 Calendar » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate States of America or Confederate territory.
Year 1863 » The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman (homesteader) or Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
Year 1870 Calendar » Adolf Loos, architect, co-founder of modern architecture, baptized in Church of St. Thomas (Brno) called St. Thomas church, Brno, Moravia
Year 1877 Calendar » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India or Empress of India.
Year 1880 Calendar » Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
Year 1890 Calendar » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italy known as Italian government.
Year 1890 » The Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.
Year 1892 Calendar » Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
Year 1894 Calendar » The Manchester Ship Canal, is officially opened to traffic.
Year 1898 Calendar » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
Year 1901 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (Australia) Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia Federation of Australia federate as the Australia Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Min
Year 1902 Calendar » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl Game e.g Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
Year 1906 Calendar » Presidencies and provinces of British India or British India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time.
Year 1910 Calendar » Captain David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for British Royal Family Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Horatio Nelson.
Year 1911 Calendar » Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
Year 1912 Calendar » The Republic of China (1912–1949) called Republic of China is established.
Year 1913 Calendar » The British Board of Film Classification e.g British Board of Censors is established.
Year 1916 Calendar » Germany known as German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Cameroon known as Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
Year 1920 Calendar » The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
Year 1927 » Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).
Year 1929 Calendar » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are Merger (politics) named amalgamated into Vancouver.
Year 1934 Calendar » Nazi Germany passes the "Nazi eugenics called Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
Year 1934 » Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
Year 1937 Calendar » Safety glass in vehicle windshield or windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.
Year 1939 Calendar » Sydney or Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city.
Year 1942 Calendar » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
Year 1945 Calendar » World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne massacre known as Chenogne.
Year 1945 » World War II: The German 'Luftwaffe' launches 'Operation Bodenplatte', a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allies of World War II called Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
Year 1947 Calendar » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
Year 1947 » The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, that later became West Germany.
Year 1948 Calendar » The British railway network is Nationalization named nationalized to form British Railways.
Year 1948 » The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
Year 1949 Calendar » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
Year 1950 Calendar » Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present
Year 1954 Calendar » NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC Color television known as color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
Year 1956 Calendar » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
Year 1956 » A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
Year 1957 Calendar » An Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough Royal Ulster Constabulary RUC barracks during Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army) Operation Harvest; two IRA volunteers killed.
Year 1957 » George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II.
Year 1960 Calendar » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
Year 1962 Calendar » Samoa e.g Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
Year 1962 » United States Navy SEALs established.
Year 1964 Calendar » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
Year 1966 Calendar » A twelve-day 1966 New York City transit strike called New York City transit strike begins.
Year 1978 Calendar » Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Mumbai e.g Bombay, India, killing 213.
Year 1978 » The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
Year 1979 Calendar » Formal diplomacy or diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
Year 1980 Calendar » Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden e.g Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
Year 1981 Calendar » Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
Year 1981 » Greece is admitted into the European Community.
Year 1982 Calendar » Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Year 1982 » ITV (TV network) ITV franchise Associated Television ATV gets replaced by ITV Central Central
Year 1983 Calendar » The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
Year 1984 Calendar » The original AT&T Corporation American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice Competition law antitrust Bell System divestiture suit against A
Year 1984 » Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
Year 1985 Calendar » The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
Year 1986 Calendar » Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
Year 1986 » Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.
Year 1987 Calendar » A value added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time.
Year 1988 Calendar » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheranism known as Lutheran religious denomination called denomination in the United States.
Year 1989 Calendar » The Montreal Protocol Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
Year 1993 Calendar » Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Year 1993 » A single market within the European Community is introduced.
Year 1994 Calendar » The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
Year 1994 » The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexico known as Mexican Chiapas named State of Chiapas.
Year 1998 » Russia begins to circulate new Russian ruble called rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
Year 1999 Calendar » The Euro currency is introduced in 11 countries - members of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
Year 2002 Calendar » Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
Year 2002 » The Treaty on Open Skies named Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.
Year 2004 Calendar » In a Motion of no confidence vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College (Pakistan) Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elect
Year 2007 Calendar » Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Slovenia joins Eurozone.
Year 2007 » Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
Year 2009 » Sixty-six people die in a Santika Club fire named nightclub fire in Bangkok or Bangkok, Thailand.
Year 2010 Calendar » A suicide car bomber 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing or detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.
Year 2011 Calendar » A bomb 2011 Alexandria bombing e.g explodes as Copts e.g Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
Year 2011 » The Administrative divisions of Greece known as Kallikratis plan becomes the new administrative system of Greece.
Year 2011 » Estonia joins the Eurozone.
Year 2012 Calendar » A Moldovan civilian is 2012 Moldova security zone incident or fatally wounded by a Russian peacekeeper in the Transnistrian security zone, leading to demonstrations against Russia.
Year 2013 Calendar » At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede called stampede after celebrations at Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny e.g Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.