Events in History
- Mar 2 Frederick Cook of New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie
Historic Event
Mar 5 Abolitionists establish "Crispus Attucks Day" in Boston
- Mar 9 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox
Historic Event
Mar 14 Ellen G. White receives a vision while attending a funeral service in Lovett's Grove, near Bowling Green, Ohio
Birthdays in History
Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913)
Mar 18 French-born German engineer who invented the diesel engine, born in Paris
- Mar 23 Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)
Deaths in History
- Mar 3 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54
Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858)
Mar 4 Commodore of the United States Navy who opened Japan to Western influence and trade, dies of rheumatism at 63
- Mar 26 John Addison Thomas, American soldier and US Assistant Secretary of State, dies at 47