March 25
Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions.
Events
Pre-1600
- 410 - The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu Conquest of [Southern Yan by Jin|falls to] the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty.
- 421 - Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
- 708 - Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
- 717 - Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty.
- 919 - Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
- 1000 - Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
- 1065 - The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.
- 1306 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots.
- 1409 - The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.
- 1410 - The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.
- 1519 - Hernán Cortés, entering province of Tabasco, defeats Tabascan Indians.
- 1576 - Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
- 1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
1601–1900
- 1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
- 1708 - A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
- 1725 - Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday.
- 1770 - Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule
- 1776 - American Revolutionary War - American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.
- 1802 - The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
- 1807 - The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
- 1811 - Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
- 1821 - Greek War of Independence: Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821.
- 1845 - New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
- 1865 - American Civil War: In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.
- 1878 – Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.
- 1894 - Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
1901–present
- 1905 - The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes.
- 1911 - In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
- 1911 - Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair.
- 1914 - The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki.
- 1917 - The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
- 1918 - The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
- 1919 - The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust.
- 1924 - On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
- 1931 - The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
- 1932 - The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens.
- 1941 - The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
- 1947 - An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
- 1948 - The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
- 1949 - More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
- 1957 - United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
- 1957 - The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
- 1959 - Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20.
- 1965 - Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1971 - The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
- 1975 - Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.
- 1979 - The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
- 1988 - The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
- 1995 - WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
- 1996 - The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease.
- 2006 - Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
- 2006 - Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
- 2018 - Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.
Births
Pre-1600
- 1252 - Conradin, Duke of Swabia
- 1259 - Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
- 1297 - Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
- 1297 - Arnošt of Pardubice, the first Bohemian archbishop
- 1345 - Blanche of Lancaster
- 1347 - Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint
- 1404 - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader
- 1414 - Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, English noble
- 1434 - Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint
- 1479 - Vasili III of Russia
- 1491 - Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel
- 1510 - Guillaume Postel, French linguist
- 1538 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer
- 1541 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
- 1545 - John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
- 1546 - Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer
- 1593 - Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint
1601–1900
- 1611 - Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman Turk traveller and writer
- 1636 - Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer
- 1643 - Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar
- 1661 - Paul de Rapin, French soldier and historian
- 1699 - Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer and composer
- 1741 - Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator
- 1745 - John Barry, American naval officer and father of the American navy
- 1767 - Joachim Murat, French general
- 1782 - Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte
- 1800 - Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic
- 1808 - José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author
- 1824 - Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician
- 1828 - George Montgomery White, American politician
- 1840 - Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel
- 1859 – Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer
- 1863 - Simon Flexner, American physician and academic
- 1867 - Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore
- 1867 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor
- 1868 - Bill Lockwood, English cricketer
- 1871 - Louis Perrée, French fencer
- 1872 - Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician
- 1873 - Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist
- 1874 - Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician
- 1876 - Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter
- 1877 - Walter Little, Canadian politician
- 1878 - František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter
- 1879 - Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player
- 1881 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer
- 1881 - Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator
- 1881 - Mary Webb, English author and poet
- 1893 - Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner
- 1895 - Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician
- 1885 - Jimmy Seed, English international footballer and manager
- 1897 - Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier
- 1899 - François Rozet, French-Canadian actor
- 1900 - George Carstairs, Australian rugby league player
1901–present
- 1901 - Ed Begley, American actor
- 1903 - Binnie Barnes, English-American actress
- 1903 - Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader
- 1903 - Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar
- 1904 - Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist
- 1905 - Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel
- 1906 - Jean Sablon, French singer and actor
- 1906 - A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic
- 1908 - David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1910 - Magda Olivero, Italian soprano
- 1910 - Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic
- 1912 - Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy
- 1912 - Jean Vilar, French actor and director
- 1913 - Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels
- 1914 - Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1914 - Tassos, Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor
- 1915 - Dorothy Squires, Welsh singer
- 1916 - S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator
- 1918 - Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author
- 1920 - Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright
- 1920 - Patrick Troughton, English actor
- 1920 - Usha Mehta, Gandhian and freedom fighter of India
- 1921 - Nancy Kelly, American actress
- 1921 - Simone Signoret, French actress
- 1921 - Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia
- 1922 - Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models
- 1923 - Bonnie Guitar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1923 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist
- 1924 - Roberts Blossom, American actor
- 1924 - Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress
- 1925 - Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist
- 1925 - Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher
- 1925 - Kishori Sinha, Indian politician, social activist and advocate
- 1926 - Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor
- 1926 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer
- 1926 - Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress
- 1926 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician
- 1926 - Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic
- 1927 - P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry
- 1928 - Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- 1928 - Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer
- 1928 - Peter O'Brien, Australian rugby league player
- 1928 - Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor
- 1929 - Cecil Taylor, American pianist and composer
- 1930 - David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1930 - Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer
- 1930 - Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach
- 1931 - Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host
- 1932 - Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic
- 1932 - Wes Santee, American runner
- 1934 - Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter
- 1934 - Bernard King, Australian actor and chef
- 1934 - Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman
- 1934 - Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center
- 1935 - Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer
- 1936 - Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter
- 1937 - Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza
- 1938 - Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1938 - Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
- 1938 - Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian racing driver
- 1939 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist
- 1939 - D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer
- 1941 - Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
- 1942 - Robert J. Birgeneau, Canadian-American physicist
- 1942 - Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1942 - Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter
- 1942 - Kim Woodburn, English television host
- 1943 - Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director
- 1945 - Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress
- 1946 - Cliff Balsom, English footballer
- 1946 - Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author
- 1946 - Stephen Hunter, American author and critic
- 1946 - Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist
- 1947 - Richard Cork, English historian and critic
- 1947 - Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
- 1948 - Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
- 1948 - Michael Stanley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1949 - Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable
- 1949 - Sue Klebold, American activist
- 1950 - Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
- 1950 - Ronnie McDowell, American singer-songwriter
- 1950 - David Paquette, American-New Zealander pianist
- 1951 - Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler
- 1952 - Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health
- 1952 - Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá
- 1953 - Christos Ardizoglou, Greek footballer
- 1953 - Robert Fox, English producer and manager
- 1953 - Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
- 1953 - Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
- 1954 - Thom Loverro, American journalist and author
- 1955 - Daniel Boulud, French chef and author
- 1955 - Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1957 - Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist
- 1957 - Kanellos Kanellopoulos, Greek cyclist
- 1957 - Jonathan Michie, English economist and academic
- 1957 - Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler
- 1957 - Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer
- 1958 - Susie Bright, American journalist, author, and critic
- 1958 - Lorna Brown, Canadian artist, curator, and writer
- 1958 - Sisy Chen, Taiwanese journalist and politician
- 1958 - María Caridad Colón, Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter
- 1958 - John Ensign, American physician and politician
- 1958 - Ray Tanner, American baseball player and coach
- 1958 - Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
- 1960 - Mike Aulby, American bowler
- 1960 - Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
- 1960 - Peter O'Brien, Australian actor
- 1960 - Brenda Strong, American actress
- 1961 - Mark Brooks, American golfer
- 1962 - Marcia Cross, American actress
- 1962 - David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician
- 1963 - Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
- 1963 - Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect
- 1963 - Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer
- 1964 - Norm Duke, American bowler
- 1964 - Buzz Osborne, American musician
- 1964 - René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1964 - Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach
- 1965 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper
- 1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer
- 1966 - Tom Glavine, American baseball player
- 1966 - Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer
- 1966 - Jeff Healey, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1966 - Anton Rogan, Northern Irish footballer
- 1967 - Matthew Barney, American sculptor and photographer
- 1967 - Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor
- 1967 - Debi Thomas, American figure skater and physician
- 1969 - George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer
- 1969 - Dale Davis, American basketball player
- 1969 - Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
- 1969 - Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1970 - Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer
- 1971 - Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter and coach
- 1971 - Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1971 - Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player and coach
- 1972 - Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel
- 1972 - Giniel de Villiers, South African racing driver
- 1972 - Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer
- 1973 - Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
- 1973 - Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1973 - Bob Sura, American basketball player
- 1974 - Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player
- 1974 - Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer
- 1975 - Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1975 - Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1975 - Erika Heynatz, Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress
- 1976 - Francie Bellew, Irish footballer
- 1976 - Lars Figura, German sprinter
- 1976 - Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
- 1976 - Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
- 1977 - Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator
- 1977 - Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower
- 1978 - Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Teddy Lussi-Modeste, French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
- 1979 - Nate Bargatze, American stand-up comedian and actor
- 1979 - Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter
- 1980 - Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter
- 1981 - Casey Neistat, American YouTube personality
- 1982 - Danica Patrick, American race car driver
- 1982 - Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
- 1982 - Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author
- 1983 - Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper
- 1984 - Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1984 - Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 - Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1985 - Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater
- 1986 - Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
- 1986 - Megan Gibson, American softball player
- 1986 - Kyle Lowry, American basketball player
- 1986 - Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player
- 1987 - Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player
- 1987 - Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer
- 1987 - Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
- 1987 - Hyun-jin Ryu, South Korean baseball player
- 1988 - Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter
- 1988 - Ryan Lewis, American music producer
- 1988 - Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper
- 1988 - Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player
- 1989 - Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1989 - Scott Sinclair, English footballer
- 1990 - Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer
- 1990 - Alexander Esswein, German footballer
- 1991 - Scott Malone, English footballer
- 1992 - Meg Lanning, Australian cricketer
- 1993 - Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 - Sam Johnstone, English footballer
- 1994 - Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
- 1999 - Mikey Madison, American actress
- 2000 - Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 908 - Li Kening, Chinese general
- 940 - Taira no Masakado, Japanese samurai
- 990 - Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saint
- 1005 - Kenneth III, king of Scotland
- 1051 - Hugh IV, French nobleman
- 1189 - Frederick, duke of Bohemia
- 1223 - Alfonso II, king of Portugal
- 1351 - Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai
- 1351 - Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai
- 1392 - Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai
- 1458 - Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician
- 1558 - Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer
1601–1900
- 1603 - Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyō
- 1609 - Olaus Martini, Swedish archbishop
- 1609 - Isabelle de Limeuil, French noble
- 1620 - Johannes Nucius, German composer and theorist
- 1625 - Giambattista Marino, Italian poet and author
- 1658 - Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, German nobleman
- 1677 - Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and etcher
- 1701 - Jean Regnault de Segrais, French poet and novelist
- 1712 - Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist
- 1732 - Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint
- 1736 - Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church
- 1738 - Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer
- 1801 - Novalis, German poet and author
- 1818 - Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer
- 1848 - Nicolai Wergeland, Norwegian priest, writer and politician
- 1857 - William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive
- 1860 - James Braid, Scottish surgeon
- 1869 - Edward Bates, American politician and lawyer
- 1873 - Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator
1901–present
- 1907 - Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic
- 1908 - Durham Stevens, American diplomat
- 1914 - Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 - Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic
- 1918 - Claude Debussy, French composer
- 1918 - Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier
- 1927 - Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized
- 1931 - Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician
- 1931 - Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist
- 1932 - Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter
- 1942 - William Carr, American rower
- 1951 - Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager
- 1956 - Lou Moore, American race car driver
- 1956 - Robert Newton, English actor
- 1958 - Tom Brown, American trombonist
- 1964 - Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician
- 1965 - Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist
- 1969 - Billy Cotton, English singer, drummer, and bandleader
- 1969 - Max Eastman, American poet and activist
- 1973 - Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director
- 1973 - Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator
- 1975 - Juan Gaudino, Argentinian race car driver
- 1975 - Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king
- 1975 - Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician
- 1976 - Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator
- 1976 - Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor
- 1979 - Robert Madgwick, Australian colonel and academic
- 1979 - Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna
- 1980 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist
- 1980 - Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and educator
- 1982 - Goodman Ace, American comedian and writer
- 1983 - Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach
- 1986 - Gloria Blondell, American actress
- 1987 - A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic
- 1988 - Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet
- 1991 - Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop
- 1992 - Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director
- 1994 - Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress
- 1994 - Bernard Kangro, Estonian poet and journalist
- 1994 - Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician
- 1995 - James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic
- 1995 - John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer
- 1998 - Max Green, Australian lawyer
- 1998 - Steven Schiff, American lawyer and politician
- 1999 - Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 2000 - Helen Martin, American actress
- 2001 - Brian Trubshaw, English cricketer and pilot
- 2002 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, English journalist and sportscaster
- 2005 - Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer
- 2006 - Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer
- 2006 - Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress
- 2006 - Richard Fleischer, American film director
- 2006 - Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 2007 - Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia
- 2008 - Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach
- 2008 - Thierry Gilardi, French journalist and sportscaster
- 2008 - Abby Mann, American screenwriter and producer
- 2008 - Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin
- 2009 - Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player
- 2009 - Kosuke Koyama, Japanese-American theologian and academic
- 2009 - Dan Seals, American musician
- 2009 - Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey
- 2012 - Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author
- 2012 - Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer
- 2012 - John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics
- 2012 - Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld
- 2012 - Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic
- 2013 - Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
- 2013 - Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator
- 2013 - Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic
- 2013 - Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper
- 2013 - Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter
- 2013 - John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach
- 2014 - Lorna Arnold, English historian and author
- 2014 - Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician
- 2014 - Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician
- 2014 - Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 2014 - Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author
- 2014 - Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills
- 2015 - George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator
- 2016 - Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer
- 2017 - Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician
- 2019 - Barrie Hole, Welsh footballer
- 2020 - Floyd Cardoz, Indian-born American chef
- 2021 - Beverly Cleary, American author
- 2022 - Taylor Hawkins, American drummer and singer
- 2025 - Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer
- 2025 - Terry Manning, American musician and recording engineer
Holidays and observances
- Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants
- Christian feast days:
- *Feast of the Annunciation
- *March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Christian Saints' days
- *Ælfwold II of Sherborne
- *Barontius and Desiderius
- *Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
- *Omelyan Kovch
- *Dismas, the "Good Thief"
- *Humbert of Maroilles
- *Quirinus of Tegernsee
- Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide
- Cultural Workers Day
- Empress Menen's Birthday
- EU Talent Day
- Freedom Day (Belarus)
- Independence Day, celebrates the start of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, in 1821.
- International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
- International Day of the Unborn Child
- Maryland Day
- Medal of Honor Day
- Mother's Day
- New Year's Day in England, Wales, Ireland, and some of the future United States and Canada from 1155 through 1751, until the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 moved it to 1 January and adopted the Gregorian calendar.
- * It was also New Years Day in Scotland until 25 March 1599; 1600 in Scotland began in 1 January – see Calendar (New Style) Act 1750#Scotland.
- * Some other European countries also celebrated 25 March as New Years Day until the late Medieval period – see New Year#Historical European new year dates.
- NZ Army Day
- Quarter day in Ireland and England.
- Struggle for Human Rights Day
- Tolkien Reading Day
- Vårfrudagen or Våffeldagen, "Waffle Day"