Historical Events
- Mar 1 Embargo Act of 1807 (USA) repealed & Non-Intercourse Act signed
Event of Interest
Mar 4 James Madison becomes 1st US President inaugurated in American-made clothes
James Madison
- Mar 22 Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne
- Mar 28 Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin
- Mar 29 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 10 William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1864)
- Mar 15 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st President of Liberia
- Mar 15 Karl Josef von Hefele, German theologian (d. 1893)
- Mar 19 Fredrik Pacius, composer
- Mar 24 Joseph Liouville, French discover of transcendental numbers
- Mar 27 Georges Eugene, Baron Haussmann, French administrator and architect, born in Paris (d. 1891)
- Mar 31 Edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
- Mar 31 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer
- Mar 31 Nikolai Gogol [Nikolay], Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General), born in Sorochintsy, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1852)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 7 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73
- Mar 9 Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French ballonist (1st balloon flights in England and U.S.), dies at 55
- Mar 23 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
- Mar 26 Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68
- Mar 27 Joseph-Marie Vien, French court painter, dies at 92