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March 2

250 years on from American Revolutionary War, March 2 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♓ZodiacPisces ◈BirthstoneAquamarine ❀Birth flowerDaffodil

Pisces is the sign for March 2 — read more on the Pisces page, or see March's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on March 2?

March 2 is the 61st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1484 and 2014. Famous people born on March 2 include Ricardo Lagos, Marcel Hirscher and Pope Pius XII.

Released on March 2

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Movie Kung Fu Panda 4

2023

  • Game King of the Castle
  • Game Patch Quest

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1484

    College of Arms

  2. 1776

    American Revolutionary War

  3. 1791

    Claude Chappe

  4. 1836

    Texas Revolution

  5. 1859

    Great Slave Auction

  6. 1901

    U.S. Steel

  7. 1937

    Steel Workers Organizing Committee

  8. 1941

    World War II

  9. 1995

    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

  10. 2014

    Oscar selfie

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 2

Ricardo Lagos

b. 1938

Marcel Hirscher

b. 1989

Pope Pius XII

b. 1876

Daniel Craig

b. 1968

Mikhail Gorbachev

b. 1931

Pope Leo XIII

b. 1810

Benedict of Nursia

b. 480

Bedřich Smetana

b. 1824

Deaths

  • 2009João Bernardo Vieira
  • 1991Serge Gainsbourg
  • 1930D. H. Lawrence
  • 1895Berthe Morisot
  • 1840Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
  • 1333Władysław I Łokietek

Holidays & observances

  • —Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)
  • —Baloch Culture Day (Balochistan)
  • —Christian feast day: Agnes of Bohemia
  • —Christian feast day: Angela of the Cross
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Charles the Good, Count of Flanders
  • —Christian feast day: Chad of Mercia (Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: John Maron
  • —Christian feast day: March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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