Events in History
- Mar 10 Purdue University (Indiana) admits its 1st student
- Mar 18 Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
- Mar 22 Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in NYC
Birthdays in History
- Mar 1 Jean de Merode [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Netherlands (d. 1955)
- Mar 5 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)
- Mar 14 Anton Philips, Co-Founder of Royal Philips Electronics N.V., born in Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 1951)
- Mar 15 Harold L Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician
- Mar 15 Eugène Fiset, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1951)
- Mar 17 Stephen Samuel Wise, American Rabbi and President of Zionist Org of America, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1949)
- Mar 18 Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher, born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1948)
- Mar 20 Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945)
- Mar 22 Ellen Glasgow, American novelist (Nobel Prize for Literature 1942), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1945)
Harry Houdini
Mar 24 Harry Houdini [Erich Weiss], Famous magician and escape artist, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1926)
- Mar 24 Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy (1948-55)
Robert Frost
Mar 26 Robert Frost, American poet (Mending Wall, Road Not Taken), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1963)
- Mar 29 Lou Henry Hoover, US First Lady (1929-33) and wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover, born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 1944)
Weddings in History
Ulysses S. Grant
Mar 21 Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
Deaths in History
Millard Fillmore
Mar 8 Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (Whig: 1850-53), dies at 74
- Mar 11 Charles Sumner, American politician, Senator Massachusetts (1851-74) and anti-slavery advocate, dies at 63
- Mar 14 Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (published the most complete map of the Moon of the time, Mappa Selenographica, 4 vol. with Wilhelm Beer), dies at 79
- Mar 28 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer (Hansen hypothesis), dies at 78
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