Event of Interest
Mar 4 James A. Garfield inaugurated as the 20th President of the United States of America
James Garfield
- Mar 4 South African president Kruger accepts ceasefire
- Mar 7 Southern University opens in New Orleans
- Mar 12 Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain
- Mar 16 Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts
- Mar 18 Barnum & Bailey's first combined "Greatest Show on Earth" opens (Madison Square Garden)
- Mar 23 Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war
- Mar 23 Gas lamp sets fire to opera house in Nice, France; 70 die
- Mar 25 43rd Grand National: Mr Tommy Beasley IRE aboard Woodbrook wins
- Mar 26 Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again
- Mar 27 Rioting takes place in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.
- Mar 28 "Greatest Show On Earth" was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey