Events in History
- Mar 3 Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3 cent piece)
- Mar 7 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends
- Mar 25 Yosemite Valley discovered in California
Birthdays in History
- Mar 3 Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
- Mar 16 Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (1st to coin the name virus), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1931)
- Mar 19 Roque Saenz Pena, President of Argentina (1910-14)
- Mar 19 William Henry Stark, American business leader (d. 1936)
- Mar 28 Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal (1915–17, 1925–26), born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 1944)
Deaths in History
- Mar 4 James Richardson, British explorer (b. 1809)
Hans Christian Ørsted
- Mar 11 George McDuffie, Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)