Born on March 16
March 16 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 16, you share a birthday with James Madison, Richard Stallman and Sully Prudhomme. March 16 babies are Pisces, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 16 is the 76th day of the year in leap years (75th in other years).
Famous people born on March 16
- 1751James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States
- 1953Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
- 1839Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1789Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician
- 1941Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1926Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian
- 1953Isabelle Huppert, French actress
- 1986Alexandra Daddario, American actress
- 1750Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer
- 1918Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on March 16
- 934Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
- 1621Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English.
- 1815Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
- 1819The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in New York City, was incorporated.
- 1898In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.[page needed]
- 1926History of rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
- 1966Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
- 2002Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern was premiered in Hamburg, together with her Johannes-Passion, by soloists, choirs and orchestras from the Mariinsky Theatre and the NDR.
- 2005Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
- 2012Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
Also observed on March 16
- Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)
- Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires (Latvia)
- Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 16?
People born on March 16 are Pisces. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 16?
James Madison (1751), Richard Stallman (1953), Sully Prudhomme (1839), Georg Ohm (1789), Bernardo Bertolucci (1941), Jerry Lewis (1926) were all born on March 16.
What happened on March 16 in history?
Among other things: in 2002, Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern was premiered in Hamburg, together with her Johannes-Passion, by soloists, choirs and orchestras from the Mariinsky Theatre and the NDR; in 2005, Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control; in 2012, Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 16?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 16 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 16”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.