Important Days in March 2023: March is the third month of the year and has got its name from Martius which is named after Mars. Many important days are observed in this month including World water day, World TB Day, World Wildlife Day, and many more. All such important days can be checked in the given table below.
Important Days in March 2023
| Dates | Events |
| March 1
|
Zero Discrimination Day
World Civil Defence Day National Pig Day (US) Self-Injury Awareness Day Saint David’s Day (Wales) Baba Marta (Bulgaria) Remembrance Day (Marshall Islands) Beer Day (Iceland) Heroes’ Day (Paraguay) National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day (US) Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani’s Death (Iraqi Kurdistan) Martisor (Romania and Moldavia) Samiljeol (South Korea) Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| March 2 | Employee Appreciation Day
Peasant’s Day (Burma) Victory at Adwa Day (Ethiopia) Texas Independence Day National Banana Creme Pie Day (US) Water Carrying Festival (Japan) National Reading Day (US) |
| March 3 | World Wildlife Day
World Hearing Day Martyr’s Day (Malawi) Mother’s Day (Georgia) Sportsmen’s Day (Egypt) Hinamatsuri (Japan) Liberation Day (Bulgaria) National Canadian Bacon Day (US) |
| March 4 | National Safety Day
National Grammar Day (US) St Casimir’s Day (Poland and Lithuania) |
| March 5 | Day of Physical Culture and Sport
(Azerbaijan) St Piran’s Day (Cornwall) Custom Chief’s Day (Vanuatu) National Cheez Doodle Day (US) Learn from Lei Feng Day (China) National Absinthe Day (US) |
| March 6
|
Independence Day (Ghana)
Foundation Day (Norfolk Island) |
| March 7 | Teacher’s Day (Albania)
Liberation of Sulaymaniyah (Iraqi Kurdistan) National Crown Roast of Pork Day (US) |
| March 8
|
International Women’s Day
Ramakrishna Jayanti National Peanut Cluster Day (US) International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day Mother’s Day (Eastern Europe, Russia, Soviet bloc) National Potato Salad Day (US) |
| March 9 | Teachers’ Day (Lebanon)
National Crabmeat Day (US) Panic Day National Meatball Day (US) No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March) |
| March 10
|
CISF Raising Day
Hote Matsuri (Japan) Harriet Tubman Day (US) Tibetan Uprising Day National Blueberry Popover Day (US) National Women and Girls HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day (US) Holocaust Remembrance Day (Bulgaria) National Mario Day (US) |
| March 11 | Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day (US)
Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania Moshoeshoe Day (Lesotho) Johnny Appleseed Day (US) |
| March 12 | Mauritius Day
Arbor Day (China, Taiwan) National Baked Scallops Day (US) Youth Day (Zambia) Tree Day (North Macedonia) Aztec New Year World Day Against Cyber Censorship Girl Scout Birthday (US) |
| March 13
|
Liberation of Duhok City (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Kasuga Matsuri (Japan) Anniversary of the election of Pope Francis (Vatican City) National Coconut Torte Day (US) |
| March 14
|
Pi Day
International Day of Action for Rivers Start of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week (US) White Day (Asia) |
| March 15
|
World Consumer Rights Day
World Sleep Day Honen Matsuri (Japan) International Day Against Police Brutality National Brutus Day (US) National Day (Hungary) J. J. Roberts’ Birthday (Liberia) True Confessions Day World Contact Day World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film World Consumer Rights Day World Speech Day, Youth Day (Palau) |
| March 16
|
National Vaccination Day (India)
Lips Appreciation Day Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania) Remembrance day of the Latvian Legionnaires (Latvia) Saint Urho’s Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians) Halabja Day (Iraqi Kurdistan) |
| March 17
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Evacuation Day (Massachusetts)
Saint Patrick’s Day (Ireland) Children’s Day (Bangladesh) |
| March 18
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Ordnance Factories Day (India)
Teacher’s Day (Syria) Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico) Forgive Mom and Dad Day Flag Day (Aruba) Men’s and Soldiers’ Day (Mongolia) Gallipoli Memorial Day (Turkey) |
| March 19
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Kashubian Unity Day (Poland)
Minna Canth’s Birthday (Finland) |
| March 20
|
International Day of Happiness
World Oral Health Day Independence Day (Tunisia) Feast of the Supreme Ritual (Thelema) National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (US) Great American Meatout (US) Liberation of Kirkuk City (Iraqi Kurdistan) UN French Language Day World Sparrow Day |
| March 21
|
World Forestry Day
World-Down Syndrome Day World Poetry Day Human Rights Day (South Africa) International Day of Forests Truant’s Day (Poland) Independence Day (Namibia) Arbor Day (Portugal) Harmony Day (Australia) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Birth of Benito Juárez, a Fiestas Patrias (Mexico) Mother’s Day (most of the Arab) International Colour Day World Puppetry Day Youth Day (Tunisia) National Tree Planting Day (Lesotho) |
| March 22
|
World Water Day
As Young As You Feel Day Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico) |
| March 23
|
World Meteorological Day
Pakistan Day National Chips and Dip Day (US) Day of the Sea (Bolivia) Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Day (Azerbaijan) Promised Messiah Day (Ahmadiyya) |
| March 24
|
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
National Tree Planting Day (Uganda) Day of National Revolution (Kyrgyzstan)Commonwealth Covenant Day (Northern Mariana Islands, US) Student Day (Scientology) International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims (United Nations) Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Argentina) |
| March 25
|
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
International Day of the Unborn Child Mother’s Day (Slovenia) International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (United Nations General Assembly) Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino) Freedom Day (Belarus) Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity) Revolution Day (Greece) EU Talent Day (European Union) Cultural Workers Day (Russia) Maryland Day (Maryland, US) Waffle Day (Sweden) Empress Menen’s Birthday (Rastafari) Tolkien Reading Day (Tolkien fandom) Lady Day (United Kingdom) Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia) |
| March 26
|
Purple Day (Canada and US) Independence Day (Bangladesh)
Prince Kuhio Day (Hawaii, US) Martyr’s Day or Day of Democracy (Mali) |
| March 27
|
World Theatre Day
Armed Forces Day (Myanmar) International whisk(e)y day |
| March 28 | Teachers’ Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet) Commemoration of Sen no Rikyu (Schools of Japanese tea ceremony) |
| March 29 | Youth Day (Taiwan)
Boganda Day (Central African Republic) Day of the Young Combatant (Chile) Commemoration of the 1947 Rebellion (Madagascar) |
| March 30 | World Idli Day
Land Day (Palestine) Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) National Doctors’ Day (US) |
| March 31 | Freedom Day (Malta)
Culture Day (Public holidays in the Federated States of Micronesia) King Nangklao Memorial Day (Thailand) Cesar Chavez Day (US) Transfer Day (US Virgin Islands) Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijan) National Backup Day (US) International Transgender Day of Visibility National Clams on the Half Shell Day (US) Thomas Mundy Peterson Day (New Jersey, US) |
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Important Days in March 2023 FAQs
Question: When is world theatre day observed?
Ans. It is observed on March 27, every year.
Question: What is the reason behind the water day celebration?
Ans. It is celebrated to spread the importance of water and water crisis. It is observed on 22 March every year.
Question: Who started world wildlife day first?
Ans. It was started by UNGA – United Nations General Assembly.