March 1 in History: Events | History by Date

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The published March 1 chronology runs from 509 BCE to 2025, a span of 2,534 years. It contains 185 sourced records across 51 countries and 9 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.

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Most represented topics

Politics & society · 84 records
War & conflict · 59 records
Sport · 16 records
Arts & culture · 10 records

Most represented countries

United States · 40 records
Brazil · 11 records
United Kingdom · 10 records
Japan · 6 records
Spain · 6 records

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These pairs share a category and calendar date; the pairing does not imply a historical connection.

War & conflict: Roman tradition dates Publicola’s triumph to the Kalends of March (509 BCE) and Battle of Kherson (2022) appear 2,531 years apart in this collection.
Politics & society: Constantius becomes Maximian’s Caesar (293) and 2019 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election (2019) appear 1,726 years apart in this collection.
Arts & culture: Shanghai’s Aurora Academy begins classes (1903) and Elimination Chamber (2025) (2025) appear 122 years apart in this collection.

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March 1 historical events

509 BCE — Roman tradition dates Publicola’s triumph to the Kalends of March

Roman tradition dates a triumph by the consul Publius Valerius Publicola to March 1, 509 BCE, after the Roman victory over Etruscan forces at Silva Arsia. The celebration took place in Rome, in present-day Italy; the date is reported in the Fasti Triumphales tradition.

This follows traditional Roman chronology and the Roman calendar’s Kalends of March; it is not a securely established conversion to the modern calendar.

Italy · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-21

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March 1 historical events

509 BCE — Roman tradition dates Publicola’s triumph to the Kalends of March

293 — Constantius becomes Maximian’s Caesar

834 — Louis the Pious is reconciled with the Church at Saint-Denis

1290 — University of Coimbra, in Portugal, is officially chartered by King Denis

1476 — Battle of Toro

1506 — Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts

1510 — Battle of Salt River

1562 — Massacre of Vassy

1565 — Estácio de Sá establishes the settlement that became Rio de Janeiro

1656 — Swedish forces withdraw from Zamość

1720 — Raid on Nassau (1720)

1746 — Siege of Fort Augustus (1746)

1753 — Sweden begins using the Gregorian calendar

1781 — The Articles of Confederation take effect

1793 — Battle of Aldenhoven (1793)

1814 — Battle of Saint-Julien (1814)

1822 — Battle of Llano El Espino

1845 — The Ragamuffin War ends with the Peace of Ponche Verde

1854 — Plan of Ayutla

1859 — 1859 Chicago mayoral election

1863 — Battle of Mrzygłód

1864 — Skirmish at Cedar Creek

1870 — Paraguayan War

1870 — Battle of Cerro Corá

1870 — Campaign of the Hills

1871 — German troops parade through Paris

1872 — Grant signs the law establishing Yellowstone National Park

1885 — Battle of Zhenhai

1885 — Huaraz Rebellion

1894 — Brazilian general election, 1894

1894 — March 1894 Japanese general election

1896 — Battle of Adwa

1896 — Becquerel observes radiation from uranium salts kept in darkness

1898 — Ontario general election, 1898

1898 — Brazilian presidential election, 1898

1901 — Maidstone by-election, 1901

1901 — Australia forms the Commonwealth Military Forces

1902 — Brazilian presidential election, 1902

1903 — Japanese general election, 1903

1903 — Shanghai’s Aurora Academy begins classes

1904 — Japanese general election, 1904

1906 — Brazilian presidential election, 1906

1910 — Brazilian presidential election, 1910

1910 — Tower Hamlets St George by-election, 1910

1910 — An avalanche sweeps two trains off the tracks at Wellington

1914 — Brazilian presidential election, 1914

1914 — China joins the Universal Postal Union

1917 — U.S. newspapers publish the Zimmermann Telegram

1918 — Brazilian general election, 1918

1919 — Leyton West by-election, 1919

1920 — Battle of Tel Hai

1921 — Kronstadt rebellion

1921 — The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years

1926 — Brazilian presidential election, 1926

1930 — Brazilian general election, 1930

1932 — Charles Lindbergh Jr. is kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, New Jersey

1932 — Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

1935 — 1935 Turkish presidential election

1936 — Five Spanish constituencies vote in the 1936 parliamentary runoffs

1939 — An ammunition depot explodes in Hirakata

1941 — Italian garrison at Kufra surrenders to Free French forces

1941 — Bulgaria accedes to the Tripartite Pact in Vienna

1942 — Second Battle of the Java Sea

1942 — Battle of Sunda Strait

1942 — Japanese forces make overnight landings on Java

1943 — Battle of Steamroller Farm

1944 — Kingisepp–Gdov offensive

1944 — Huon Peninsula campaign

1944 — The Leningrad–Novgorod offensive ends

1944 — Birth of Kuo Chin-fa

1945 — Battle of Schoenfeld

1946 — The Bank of England becomes publicly owned

1947 — The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations

1949 — General Offensive of 1 March 1949

1950 — Chiang Kai-shek resumes the presidency in Taipei