March 10

Events

Pre-1600

• 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 947 – The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1496 – After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1535 – Spaniard Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the fourth Bishop of Panama, discovers the Galápagos Islands by chance on his way to Peru.<ref name=Leon>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1607 – Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1629 – Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1661 – French "Sun King" Louis XIV begins his personal rule of France after the death of his premier, the Cardinal Mazarin.<ref name=CatEn>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1735 – An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1814 – Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1830 – The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1831 – The French Foreign Legion is created by Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1873 – The first Azerbaijani play, The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran, prepared by Akhundov, is performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1876 – The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1891 – Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1945 – World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1949 – Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.<ref name=Hao>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1971 – John Gorton resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia after a secret ballot vote of confidence, being replaced in both positions by William McMahon.<ref>"Australian Party Replaces Gorton As Prime Minister— The Vote Is 34 to 33— He Cast the Deciding Ballot", by Robert Trumbull, The New York Times, March 10, 1971, p1</ref><ref>"Leader Sworn in by Australians", The New York Times, March 11, 1971, p15</ref>
• 1974 – 1974 Belgian general election: Elections are held in Belgium for all 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, the Belgian Socialist Party taking the majority with 59.<ref>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 Template:ISBN</ref><ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p291</ref>
• 1975 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1977 – Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1979 – 1979 International Women's Day protests in Tehran: Protestor involvement peaks with 15,000 Iranian women and girls performing a three‐hour-long sit‐in at the Courthouse of Tehran.<ref name="auto2">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1982 – Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun.<ref name="nyt-1982">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>The Jupiter Effect.</ref>
• 1989 – Air Ontario Flight 1363, a Fokker F-28 Fellowship, crashes at Dryden Regional Airport in Dryden, Ontario, Canada, killing 24.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a coup d'état in September 1988.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1991 – 1991 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.<ref name=N1>Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume ITemplate:ISBN</ref>
• 2000 – The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2019 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes shortly after take off, killing all 157 passengers and crew. This and the prior Lion Air Flight 610 led to all 387 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft being grounded worldwide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2023 – Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – 2024 Portuguese legislative election: Elections are held in Portugal for all 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. The Partido Socialista loses its absolute majority to the Partido Social Democrata, winning 77 and 79 seats respectively.<ref name="CNE">Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1452 – Ferdinand II, King of Castile and León (died 1516)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1564)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (died 1572)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1596 – Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden, daughter of King Charles IX of Sweden (died 1618)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1604 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German-Dutch alchemist and chemist (died 1670)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1628 – François Girardon, French sculptor (died 1715)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1628 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (died 1694)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1653 – John Benbow, Royal Navy admiral (died 1702)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1656 – Giacomo Serpotta, Italian Rococo sculptor (died 1732)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1709 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (died 1746)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian-American priest and poet (died 1838)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1769 – Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist (died 1840)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1772 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1829)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1777 – Louis Hersent, French painter (died 1860)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1787 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1862)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1787 – William Etty, English painter and academic (died 1849)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1788 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1857)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1788 – Edward Hodges Baily, English sculptor (died 1867)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1789 – Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (died 1850)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1795 – Joseph Légaré, Canadian painter and glazier, artist, seigneur and political figure (died 1855)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1810 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet and lawyer (died 1886)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1843 – Evelyn Abbott, English classical scholar (died 1901)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1844 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (died 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1844 – Marie Euphrosyne Spartali, British Pre-Raphaelite painter (died 1927)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1845 – Alexander III of Russia (died 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (died 1850)<ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1850 – Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (died 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1853 – Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1867 – Hector Guimard, French-American architect (died 1942)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1867 – Lillian Wald, American nurse, humanitarian, and author, founded the Henry Street Settlement (died 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1870 – David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician (died 1938)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1873 – Jakob Wassermann, German-Austrian soldier and author (died 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1876 – Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor (died 1973)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1877 – Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican diplomat and president (1930-1932) (died 1963)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1881 – Jessie Boswell, English painter (died 1956)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1888 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (died 1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1890 – Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (died 1939)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1892 – Arthur Honegger, French composer and educator (died 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1892 – Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1952)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1896 – Frederick Coulton Waugh, British cartoonist, painter, teacher and author (died 1973)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1900 – Violet Brown, Jamaican supercentenarian, oldest Jamaican ever (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1900 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician (died 1943)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1901 – Michel Seuphor, Belgian painter (died 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Edward Bawden, English artist and illustrator (died 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (died 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright, journalist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (died 1987)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer (died 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – Joža Horvat, Croatian writer (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1917 – David Hare, American Surrealist artist, sculptor, photographer and painter (died 1992)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1918 – Günther Rall, German general and pilot (died 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1919 – Leonor Oyarzún, Chilean socialite, First Lady of Chile from 1990 to 1994 (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Bob Lanier, American lawyer, banker, and politician, Mayor of Houston (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1926 – Marques Haynes, American basketball player (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – James Earl Ray, American criminal; assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (died 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Sándor Iharos, Hungarian runner (died 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (died 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, English politician (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Ralph Emery, American country music disc jockey, radio and television host (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – Gergely Kulcsár, Hungarian javelin thrower (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman and eighth president of FIFA<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1937 – Sam Hall, American diver, legislator, and mercenary (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – Ron Mix, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1939 – Irina Press, Ukrainian-Russian hurdler and pentathlete (died 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Peter Berresford Ellis, English historian and author<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1944 – Richard Gant, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1945 – Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (died 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Curley Culp, American football player (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Gérard Garouste, French contemporary artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach (died 1993)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1947 – Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Tom Scholz, American musician and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Austin Carr, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1950 – Aloma Wright, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1969<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (died 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Odile Buisson, French gynecologist, advocate for women's right to pleasure<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Shannon Tweed, Canadian model and actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1958 – Garth Crooks, English footballer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Steve Howe, American baseball player (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1958 – Sheikh Mohammad Illias, Bengali politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1961 – Laurel Clark, American captain, physician, and astronaut (died 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast and actor<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Jeff Ament, American bass player and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1963 – Rick Rubin, American record producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1964 – Greg Campbell, Australian cricketer<ref name ="cricinfo">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1964 – Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1965 – Jillian Richardson, Canadian sprinter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Rod Woodson, American football player, coach, and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Mike Timlin, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Alma Čardžić, Bosnian singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Paget Brewster, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor and director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Beth Buchanan, Australian actress<ref name="SMH170608">Usher, Robin (17 July 2008) "Swimming in success" SMH.com.au (Retrieved: 1 March 2010)</ref>
• 1972 – Matt Kenseth, American NASCAR driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Timbaland, American rapper and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1973 – Jason Croker, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Liu Qiangdong, Chinese entrepreneur, billionaire, founder of JD.com<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean actor, model, producer, and television host<ref name="AP"/>
• 1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Shannon Miller, American gymnast<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1977 – Robin Thicke, American singer, songwriter, and record producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Bree Turner, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1978 – Benjamin Burnley, American musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1978 – Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1979 – Danny Pudi, American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1981 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Steven Reid, English-Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Kwame Brown, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Dr Disrespect, American live streamer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Logan Mankins, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Thomas Middleditch, Canadian-American comedian and actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1983 – Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Janet Mock, American journalist, author, and activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Rafe Spall, English actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Tim Brent, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Ben May, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American actress and director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Sergei Shirokov, Russian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Martellus Bennett, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Greg Eastwood, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Emeli Sandé, British singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1987 – Māris Štrombergs, Latvian BMX racer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Clarissa dos Santos, Brazilian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Josh Hoffman, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Ego Nwodim, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Quincy Pondexter, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Simon Moser, Swiss ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Dayán Viciedo, Cuban baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Stefanie Vögele, Swiss tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Kenshi Yonezu, Japanese singer-songwriter and illustrator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Neeskens Kebano, French-Congolese footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1993 – Jack Butland, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Aminata Namasia, Congolese politician<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• 1994 – Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Nikita Parris, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Zach LaVine, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Justin Herbert, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Cole Kmet, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Nick Bolton, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Keon Johnson, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – Matt Poitras, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2008 – Francesco Camarda, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 483 – Pope Simplicius<ref name=Simplicius>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 948 – Liu Zhiyuan, Shatuo founder of the Later Han dynasty (born 895)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1291 – Arghun, Mongol ruler in Persia (born c. 1258)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1315 – Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1513 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1442)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1528 – Balthasar Hübmaier, German/Moravian Anabaptist leader<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1572 – William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1585 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (born 1517)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1682 – Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch painter and etcher (born 1628)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1724 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (born 1641)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French author and critic (born 1718)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1713)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1826 – John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (born 1758)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1832 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1752)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (born 1814)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (born 1805)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1895 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (born 1825)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1897 – Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (born 1831)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1898 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (born 1817)<ref name=Marie>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1910 – Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (born 1844)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1824)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (born c. 1820)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (born 1878)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (born 1884)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (born 1891)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1942 – Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (born 1865)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist, and ballet dancer (born 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (born 1886)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1872)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (born 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1960 – 1973), Governor of Kenya (1952 – 1959), High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1944 – 1951), Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1942 – 1944) (born 1903)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1973 – Li Mi, Chinese lieutenant general and anti-communist, Taiwanese nationalist (born 1902)<ref name="Spence1">Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China, W.W. Norton and Company. (1999) pp. 527–528. Template:ISBN.</ref><ref name="Kaufman2">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1973 – Richard Sharples, British politician, incumbent Governor of Bermuda (1972–1973) (born 1916)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1977 – E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (born 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (born 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1988 – Andy Gibb, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Ross Hunter, American film producer (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor and director (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1999 – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (born 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Dave Allen, Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (born 1938)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor (born 1971)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2011 – Bill Blackbeard, American author and illustrator (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (born 1938)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• 2012 – Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, British born Swedish Princess (born1915)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1952)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Roberto Perfumo, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster (born 1942)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – John Elliott, English historian and academic (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2025 – Stanley R. Jaffe, American film producer and director (born 1940)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2025 – Carl Lundström, Swedish businessman and activist (born 1960)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day
  • Attala<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Harriet Tubman (Lutheran)<ref name=Bushkofsky>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • John Ogilvie<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Macarius of Jerusalem<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Marie-Eugénie de Jésus<ref name=Marie />
  • Pope Simplicius<ref name=Simplicius />
  • Sojourner Truth (Lutheran)<ref name=Bushkofsky />
  • March 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Harriet Tubman Day (United States of America)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Holocaust Remembrance Day (Bulgaria)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Mario Day (Globally)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Men's Day (Poland)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Székely Freedom Day (Romania)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence movement)<ref name=Hao />

External links

• BBC: On This Day
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• Historical Events on March 10