Historical Events
- Mar 11 US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, born in Freinsheim (d. 1839)
- Mar 2 Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman (Minister to Mexico, 1825-29; Secretary of War, 19837-41), physician, and botanist, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1851)
- Mar 6 Philipp Roth, German cellist, and composer, born at Tarnowitz in Prussian Silesia (now Tarnowskie Góry, Poland) (d. 1898)
- Mar 13 Oliver Shaw, early American composer, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1848)
William Lamb (1779-1848)
Mar 15 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1834, 1835-41), born in London
Famous Weddings
Joseph Banks
Mar 23 Botanist Joseph Banks (36) weds Dorothea Hugessen
