Events in History
- Mar 2 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Pennsylvania
- Mar 3 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi
President Inaugurated
Mar 4 James Monroe is inaugurated as the 5th President of the United States
James Monroe
Birthdays in History
- Mar 1 Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882)
- Mar 2 Janos Arany, Hungarian epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda)
- Mar 4 Edwards Pierrepont, American statesman, jurist and lawyer; 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
- Mar 5 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat
- Mar 6 Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
- Mar 19 Lewis Henry Little, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
- Mar 22 Braxton Bragg, American General (Confederate Army), born in Warrenton, North Carolina (d. 1876)
- Mar 26 Herman Haupt, American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1905)
- Mar 27 Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss botanist (famous for his work on plant cells), born in Kilchberg, Switzerland (d. 1891)
- Mar 29 Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov, Russian historian and poet, born in Novo-Aksakovo, Russia (d. 1860)
Deaths in History
- Mar 8 Wentworth Cheswell, American auditor, teacher, Revolutionary War messenger, 1st African American elected to public office, dies of typhus fever at 70