Events in History
Massive Earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela
Mar 26 Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills an estimated 15,000–20,000 people
Birthdays in History
- Mar 1 Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
- Mar 6 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking
- Mar 10 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice
- Mar 11 James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), (d. 1887)
- Mar 16 Henry Dwight Terry, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1869)
- Mar 20 George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1880)
- Mar 22 Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)