Events in History
- Mar 3 Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada
- Mar 6 Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lugt" premieres in Vienna
- Mar 8 US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
Birthdays in History
- Mar 1 Gabriele dell' Addolorata [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest
- Mar 3 George William Hill, US astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit)
- Mar 12 William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)
- Mar 15 Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
- Mar 18 Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter
- Mar 18 Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903)
- Mar 31 Leon Dierx, French poet