- Mar 1 J Milton Turner named US minister to Liberia
- Mar 3 US Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent
- Mar 3 US Congress establishes the civil service system
- Mar 16 1st fertilizer law enacted
- Mar 17 National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized
- Mar 18 Communards revolt in Paris
Henry Morton Stanley's Expedition to Africa
Mar 21 Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
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Event of Interest
Mar 21 Otto von Bismarck elevated to rank of Fürst (Prince)
Otto von Bismarck
- Mar 21 32nd Grand National: Mr Tommy Pickernell aboard The Lamb IRE wins
- Mar 22 William Holden of North Carolina becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment
- Mar 26 Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris to form Commune government
- Mar 27 1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0
- Mar 28 San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine
