Events in History
Event of Interest
Mar 1 US President John Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
John Tyler
- Mar 3 For the first time the US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
Event of Interest
Mar 4 James K. Polk inaugurated as 11th US President
James Knox Polk
Treaty of Waitangi
Mar 11 The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
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- Mar 14 -5.3°F (-20.7°C) in Groningen
- Mar 17 Bristol man Henry Jones patents self-raising flour
- Mar 17 Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
- Mar 26 Joseph Francis from NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
- Mar 26 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band-aid
- Mar 28 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
Birthdays in History
- Mar 3 Georg Cantor, German mathematician (discover transfinite numbers)
- Mar 7 Daniel David Palmer, Canadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), born in Port Perry, Canada West (d. 1913)
- Mar 10 Alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar (1881-94)
- Mar 19 Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician
Wilhelm Röntgen
Mar 27 Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist who discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901), born in Lennep, Rhine Province (d. 1923)
Wilhelm Röntgen
Deaths in History
- Mar 18 Johnny Appleseed [John Chapman], American pioneer nurseryman (introduced apple trees to Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois), dies at 70