Birthdays in History
- Mar 9 Frederick A. Schroeder, American tobacco industrialist and mayor of Brooklyn, born in Trier, Germany (d. 1899)
- Mar 14 John S. Marmaduke, 25th Governor of Missouri and Major General (Confederate Army), born in Saline County, Missouri (d. 1887)
- Mar 14 Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist, born in Constable, New York (1866)
- Mar 26 Betsy Perk [Christina Elizabeth], Dutch journalist, writer and pioneer of the Dutch women's movement, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1906)
Deaths in History
- Mar 7 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German literary hostess, dies at 61