Events in History
- Mar 2 US Congress bans the slave trade within the US, effective January 1, 1808
Event of Interest
Mar 2 William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland becomes British Prime Minister for the second time after the fall of William Grenville's Whig government

William Cavendish-Bentinck

William Grenville
- Mar 25 First fare-paying, passenger railway service in the world established on the Oystermouth Railway in Swansea, Wales
Britain Abolishes the Slave Trade
Mar 25 British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains
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Event of Interest
Mar 25 George Canning becomes British Foreign Secretary

George Canning
Birthdays in History
Deaths in History
- Mar 4 Abraham Baldwin, American politician (b. 1754)