March 17

Events

 * - In his last victory, defeats the  forces of  and  in the.
 * - dies.   is now the only emperor.
 * - wins a key victory over his  adversaries in the.
 * - is made, the first  made in.
 * - The is formed to send  back to the  for more.
 * - is celebrated in  for the first time (at the ).
 * - : forces evacuate  after  and  place  overlooking the city.
 * - The, with as president, becomes the , with Napoleon as King.
 * - The is ed.
 * - The is proclaimed.
 * - : 20 s are killed in.
 * - The British  sinks off the coast of, killing 574.
 * - A showing of 71 paintings in, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
 * - The Fraternity is founded at  in.
 * - and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (now ) (formally announced in ).
 * - The is founded.
 * - is founded at.
 * - The adopts the.
 * - legalizes.
 * - : The between the  and the ese breaks out.
 * - In, the is officially opened by President.
 * - : The first from the   (western ) are gassed at the  death camp (eastern ).
 * - The strategically important captured railway, having sped the end of WW-II, but ironically no longer taking artillery fire, collapses ten days into the battle rendering the on the Germany bank of the  dependent entirely on s.
 * -, , and the sign the , a precursor to the  Agreement.
 * - researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "".
 * - The launches the.
 * -, the 14th , flees for.
 * - U.S. President signs the  directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the.
 * - Off the coast of in the, the   finds a missing.
 * - becomes the first female.
 * - : The charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
 * - The -winning photograph  is taken, depicting a former being reunited with his family.
 * - releases their landmark album.
 * - The collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
 * -, the "Night Stalker", commits his first two s in ,  murder spree.
 * - A n, , crashes into a mountainside near the n border killing 143.
 * - A suicide car-bomb kills 29 and injures 242 at the,.
 * - British Cabinet Minister, resigns over government plans for.
 * - Massive results in more than 22 killed, 200 wounded, and the destruction of 35  shrines in  and two s in  and.

Births

 * - of Japan (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, French sculptor (d. )
 * -, Scottish church leader (d. )
 * -, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. )
 * -, 5th (d. )
 * -, Scottish pastor, social reformer, author, and scientist (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American trapper and explorer (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, German engineer and inventor (d. )
 * -, English children's author and illustrator (d. )
 * -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, Belgian economist (d. )
 * -, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. )
 * -, British entomologist (d. )
 * - Sir, British barrister (d. )
 * -, Swiss physiologist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Romanian writer (d. )
 * -, American jazz clarinetist (d. )
 * -, British princess (d. )
 * -, French politician (d. )
 * -, Australian Engineer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American film composer (d. )
 * -, American golfer (d. )
 * -, former owner of the (d. )
 * -, German actress (d. )
 * -, American civil rights activist (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, American art director (d. )
 * -, British singer (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Founding Leader of Bangladesh (d. )
 * -, Italian film and stage actor
 * -, German writer
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, American astronaut (d. )
 * -, British scientist (d. )
 * -, Slovakian composer
 * 1936  -, American astronaut
 * -, American singer and actor
 * -, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. )
 * 1938  -, Northern Irish clergyman
 * -, American sculptor (d. )
 * -, British Yachtsman
 * -, American politician
 * -, American musician
 * -, American serial killer (d. )
 * 1942  -, Greek composer, singer and actor
 * -, British photographer and model
 * 1944  -, American baseball player and manager
 * 1944  -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, Brazilian singer (d. )
 * 1945  -,  ,
 * 1945  -, Finnish singer
 * -, American author
 * 1947  -, Swedish politician
 * 1947  -, Russian-born Composer and Producer
 * -, American writer
 * 1948  -, Scottish Footballer and football manager
 * -, American actor
 * 1949  -, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
 * 1949  -, French Canadian singer and songwriter
 * -, American record producer and songwriter
 * -, Scottish lawyer
 * 1951  -, American musician 
 * 1951  -, American actor
 * 1951  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Greek musician and composer
 * -, Filipino communist revolutionary (d. )
 * 1953  -, American former football running back
 * -, English actress
 * -, American politician
 * 1955  -, American actor
 * -, American cartoonist
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * 1957  -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, Canadian Broadcaster
 * -, American basketball player and coach
 * -, American actor
 * 1961  -, American actress and activist (d. )
 * 1961  -, English actor
 * -, Scottish actress-singer
 * 1962  -, Dutch politician
 * -, Canadian composer
 * -, American actor
 * 1964  -, English footballer
 * 1964  -, Cameroonian footballer
 * -, English actor
 * -, American musician
 * 1967  -, American religious leader and ex-convict (fraud)
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Canadian musician
 * 1972  -, poet, podcaster, and Celtic musician
 * 1972  -, American soccer player
 * -, Filipino singer
 * 1973  -, Irish singer and musician
 * -, British singer
 * 1975  -, Canadian professional wrestler
 * 1975  -, American actress
 * -, Irish singer, musician, and actor
 * 1976  -, American actress
 * 1976  -, American actress and photographer
 * 1976  -, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1976  -, American baseball player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1979  -, Samoan professional wrestler
 * 1979  -, American
 * -, American Basketball Player
 * -, South African footballer
 * -, American actress
 * -, English footballer
 * -, English actress

Deaths

 * -, Roman leader
 * 45 BC -, the Younger, Roman general
 * -, Roman emperor (b. )
 * -, patron saint of Ireland
 * -, Belgian abbess
 * - King
 * -, bishop of Glasgow
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (b. )
 * -, ruler of Florence (b. )
 * -, Scottish theologian (b. )
 * -, English dramatist (b. )
 * -, French Jesuit missionary, one of the (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, Dutch military engineer (b. )
 * -, famous Slovak outlaw [b. )
 * -, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, English astronomer
 * -, Dutch-born mathematician (b. )
 * -, French marshal (b. )
 * -, German mathematician and astronomer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Austrian physician and mathematician (b. )
 * -, Czech violinist (b. )
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, English army officer (b. )
 * -, German philosopher and psychologist (b. )
 * -, Russian general (b. )
 * -, English statesman, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * 1956 -, French physicist, (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Mayor of Argonia, Kansas (b. )
 * -, American football coach, player, and innovator (b. )
 * -, American architect
 * -, Italian director (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, American physiologist, (b. )
 * -, American gangster (b. )
 * -, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, French actress (b. )
 * 1990 -, British bass player ( - ) (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, British gangster (b. )
 * 1995 -, American actor (b. )
 * -, French film director and screenwriter (b. )
 * 1996 -, American singer (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * 1999 -, British comedian (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 2002 -, American broadcast executive (b. )
 * -, American television personality (b. )
 * -, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. )
 * 2005 -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American singer/songwriter (b. )
 * 2006 -, American fashion designer (b. )
 * 2006 -, American basketball coach (b. )
 * 2006 -, American voice actor (b. )
 * -, American computer scientist (b. )
 * 2007 -, American Southern Gospel performer (b. )
 * 2007 -, American Southern Gospel performer (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * Ancient -  (return of the larks) observed
 * of : a public holiday in (National feast) and, widely celebrated in North America and worldwide (see )
 * - the second day of the in honor of
 * - the in honor of
 * - the in honor of

Other liturgical feasts

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