March 1851 in History

Events in History

  • Mar 3 Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3 cent piece)
  • Mar 6 Dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze" premieres in London
  • 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 (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)

Person of interestHans Oersted

Mar 9 Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, dies at 73

Physicist/Chemist Hans Oersted
Physicist/Chemist
Hans Oersted
  • Mar 11 George McDuffie, Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)