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On This Day · The 79th day of the year

March 20

100 years on from Chiang Kai-shek, March 20 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 20 — 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 20?

March 20 is the 79th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1602 and 2014. Famous people born on March 20 include Ovid, Maud Menten and Napoleon II.

Released on March 20

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Assassin's Creed Shadows
  • Game Cataclismo

2024

  • TV X-Men '97

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1602

    Dutch East India Company

  2. 1852

    Harriet Beecher Stowe

  3. 1854

    Republican Party (United States)

  4. 1861

    1861 Mendoza earthquake

  5. 1923

    Arts Club of Chicago

  6. 1926

    Chiang Kai-shek

  7. 1942

    World War II

  8. 1993

    The Troubles

  9. 2010

    Eyjafjallajökull

  10. 2014

    Taliban

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 20

Ovid

b. -43

Maud Menten

b. 1879

Napoleon II

b. 1811

Henrik Ibsen

b. 1828

Fernando Torres

b. 1984

Sting (wrestler)

b. 1959

Spike Lee

b. 1957

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

b. 1870

Deaths

  • 2017David Rockefeller
  • 1968Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • 1931Hermann Müller (politician, born 1876)
  • 1930Arthur F. Andrews
  • 1878Julius von Mayer
  • 1568Albert, Duke of Prussia

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Alexandra
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed John of Parma
  • —Christian feast day: Clement of Ireland
  • —Christian feast day: Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
  • —Christian feast day: Herbert of Derwentwater
  • —Christian feast day: John of Nepomuk
  • —Christian feast day: Józef Bilczewski
  • —Christian feast day: María Josefa Sancho de Guerra

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