Historical Events
- Mar 12 Austria declares war on France
Die Schöpfung
Mar 19 Joseph Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" ("Die Schöpfung") first public performance premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria
- Mar 29 New York passes gradual abolition law saying children of enslaved mothers are born free but still owe free service to masters until they are 25 if female and 28 if male
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Alexey Verstovsky, Russian composer, born in Kozlovsky Uyezd, Russia (d. 1862)
- Mar 7 František Ladislav Čelakovský, Czech linguist, poet (national anthem, folk song), and Slavist, born in Strakonice, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) (d. 1852)
- Mar 8 Simon Cameron, U.S. Senator and Secretary of War (Union), born in Maytown, Pennsylvania (d. 1889)
Anna Atkins (1799-1871)
Mar 16 English botanist, photographer and the 1st person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images, born in Tonbridge, England
- Mar 20 Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
- Mar 22 Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, German astronomer, cataloguer of 324,188 stars, born in Memel, Kingdom of Prussia, (d. 1875)
- Mar 22 Joseph Saxton, American inventor, watchmaker, and photographer (1st daguerrotype in US), born in Huntington, Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
- Mar 28 Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow), born in Dessau, Germany (d. 1854)
Edward Smith-Stanley (1799-1869)
Mar 29 14th Earl of Derby, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68), born in Knowsley, England
Famous Deaths
- Mar 7 María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa [Mama Antula], Argentine laywoman (Argentina's 1st female saint), dies at 69
- Mar 18 John Randall, British composer, dies at 82
- Mar 25 Constantin Reindl, German composer, dies at 60
- Mar 28 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, Danish organist and composer, dies at 83
- Mar 28 Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55
