Born on March 31
March 31 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 31, you share a birthday with Johann Sebastian Bach, René Descartes and Joseph Haydn. March 31 babies are Aries, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 31 is the 91st day of the year in leap years (90th in other years).
Famous people born on March 31
- 1685Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer
- 1596René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher
- 1732Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer
- 1948Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1914Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1675Pope Benedict XIV, Head of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758
- 1890William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1971Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
- 1499Pope Pius IV, Head of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565
- 1906Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on March 31
- 1174A conspiracy against Saladin, aiming to restore the Fatimid Caliphate, was revealed in Cairo.
- 1521Ferdinand Magellan and members of his crew participated in the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines.
- 1885The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
- 1889The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
- 1901Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák premieres at the National Opera House in Prague.
- 1906The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
- 1910Six English towns amalgamated to form a single county borough called Stoke-on-Trent, the first union of its type.
- 1917According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
- 1918Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
- 1933The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
- 1949The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
- 1959After a two-week escape journey from Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama reached the Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in India.
Also observed on March 31
- Cesar Chavez Day (California, Washington (state))
- Freedom Day (Malta)
- International Transgender Day of Visibility
- King Nangklao Memorial Day (Thailand)
- Thomas Mundy Peterson Day (New Jersey, United States)
- Transfer Day (US Virgin Islands)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 31?
People born on March 31 are Aries. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 31?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), René Descartes (1596), Joseph Haydn (1732), Al Gore (1948), Octavio Paz (1914), Pope Benedict XIV (1675) were all born on March 31.
What happened on March 31 in history?
Among other things: in 1933, The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States; in 1949, The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada; in 1959, After a two-week escape journey from Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama reached the Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in India.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 31?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 31 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 31”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.