Did you know
Unusually for his time, he opposed the death penalty and torture and abolished it in Tuscany on 30 November 1786 during his rule there, making it the first nation in modern history to do so.
Notable Deaths on March 1
1792 — Leopold II
Holy Roman Emperor (born 1747)
March 1 has 79 recorded notable deaths across history, from 492 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
79 source records
492 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on March 1
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1921 Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion begins, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks. Source
- 2002 The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m. Source
- 1872 Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. Source
- 1896 Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Source
Did you know
Iris Apfel became a fashion icon, was the focus of the 2014 Albert Maysles documentary Iris, then signed to IMG in 2019 as a model at age 97.
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Minnie Miñoso began his baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 and became an All-Star third baseman with the New York Cubans.
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George Herbert enrolled intending to become a priest, but became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I.
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In addition to being the Emperor of China, he is regarded as the eighth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire.
More major people who died on March 1
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2024
Iris Apfel
American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (born 1921)
Iris Apfel was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses.
2015
Minnie Miñoso
Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1922)
Saturnino Orestes "Minnie" Armas Arrieta Miñoso, nicknamed "the Cuban Comet," was a Cuban professional baseball player.
1633
George Herbert
English poet and orator (born 1593)
George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England.
1320
Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan
Chinese emperor (born 1286)
Buyantu Khan, born Ayurbarwada, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Renzong of Yuan, was the fourth emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
1510
Francisco de Almeida
Portuguese soldier and explorer (born 1450)
Dom Francisco de Almeida, was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer.
1998
Archie Goodwin
American author and illustrator (born 1937)
Archie Goodwin was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of comic strips in addition to comic books, and is known for his Warren and Marvel Comics work.
1911
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Jr. was a Dutch physical chemist.
1643
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Italian keyboardist and composer (born 1583)
Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player.
2006
Nurasyura binte Mohamed Fauzi
Singaporean rape and murder victim (born 2003)
Nurasyura binte Mohamed Fauzi was a two-year-old Malay girl from Singapore who was raped and murdered.
1383
Amadeus VI
count of Savoy (born 1334)
Amadeus VI, nicknamed the Green Count was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. He was the eldest son of Aymon, Count of Savoy and Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat.
1768
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
German philosopher and author (born 1694)
Hermann Samuel Reimarus, was a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a study of nature and…
1995
Georges J. F. Köhler
German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946)
Georges Jean Franz Köhler(German pronunciation: [ˈʒɔʁʃ ˈkøːlɐ] ; 17 April 1946 – 1 March 1995) was a German biologist and immunologist who shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with César Milstein and…
1943
Alexandre Yersin
Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (born 1863)
Alexandre Émile John Yersin was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered for his work as a pioneer in microbiology and immunology.
2004
Mian Ghulam Jilani
Pakistani general (born 1914)
Mian Ghulam Jilani also known as Kaka, Speen Dada, and Jilly, was a politician, businessman, and former two-star general in the Pakistan Army.
965
Leo VIII
pope of the Catholic Church
Pope Leo VIII was a Roman prelate who claimed the Holy See from 963 until 964 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V and again from 23 June 964 to his death.
1966
Fritz Houtermans
Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1903)
Friedrich Georg "Fritz" Houtermans was a Dutch-Austrian-German atomic and nuclear physicist and Communist born in Zoppot near Danzig, West Prussia to a Dutch father, who was a wealthy banker.
1938
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Italian journalist and politician (born 1863)
General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, sometimes written d'Annunzio as he used to sign himself, was an Italian poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, and Royal Italian Army officer during World…
1974
Bobby Timmons
American pianist and composer (born 1935)
Robert Henry Timmons was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods, between which he was part of Cannonball Adderley's band.
1661
Richard Zouch
English judge and politician (born 1590)
Richard Zouch was an English judge and a Member of Parliament from 1621 to 1624. He was elected Member of Parliament for Hythe in 1621 and later became principal of St. Alban Hall, Oxford.