Historical Events
Charles IV Abdicates
Mar 19 Charles IV, king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne
- Mar 26 Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII
Die Schopfung
Mar 27 Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna
- Mar 31 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 12 Gerrit van der Linde, "The Schoolmaster", Dutch poet, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1858)
- Mar 14 Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Zanesville, Ohio (d. 1888)
- Mar 14 Narcissa Whitman (née Prentiss), American missionary and pioneer woman, born in Prattsburgh, New York (d. 1847)
- Mar 23 Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist and historian (Statistic yearbook), born in Amsterdam, Kingdom of Holland (d. 1876)
- Mar 24 Maria Malibran (née Garcia) Spanish operatic contralto and soprano, born in Paris, France (d. 1836)
- Mar 25 Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary and poet (Cortes), born in Almendralejo, Spain (d. 1842)
- Mar 31 J. Pinckney Henderson, American lawyer and politician (1st Governor of Texas, 1846-47; US Senator from Texas, 1857-58), born in Lincolnton, North Carolina (d. 1858)
