Historical Events
Historic Event
Mar 11 Bowery Boys gang leader William Poole aka "Bill the Butcher" is buried in Brooklyn with 155 carriages and 6,000 mourners
Historic Invention
Mar 27 Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner patents kerosene
Famous Birthdays
Andrew Mellon
Mar 24 Andrew Mellon, American banker (Mellon Bank), industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1947)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 2 Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58
Bill the Butcher
Mar 8 William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang, dies of a gunshot wound at 33
Charlotte Brontë
Mar 31 Charlotte Brontë, English novelist (Jane Eyre), dies at 38