Historical Events
- Mar 1 Embargo Act of 1807 (USA) repealed & Non-Intercourse Act signed
James Madison
Mar 4 James Madison becomes 1st US President inaugurated in American-made clothes
Gustav IV Adolf Deposed
Mar 9 A group of conspirators break into Gripsholm Castle and imprison King Gustav IV Adolf and appoint Charles XIII in his place as Regent of Sweden
- Mar 28 Battle of Medellín, Peninsular War: French forces under Marshal Claude Victor defeat the Spanish under General Gregorio Garcia de la Cuesta, killing or wounding 8,000 Spanish soldiers and opening the way to Southern Spain
- Mar 29 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 10 William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1864)
- Mar 15 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-born Liberian merchant and politician (1st President of Liberia 1848-56), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1876)
- Mar 15 Karl Josef von Hefele, German theologian (d. 1893)
- Mar 19 Fredrik Pacius, German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems), conductor, and music educator, known as "the Father of Finnish music", born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1891)
- Mar 24 Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (discover of transcendental numbers), born in Saint-Omer, France (d. 1882)
- Mar 24 Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and romantic writer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1837)
- Mar 27 Georges Eugene, Baron Haussmann, French administrator and architect, born in Paris (d. 1891)
- Mar 31 Edward FitzGerald, British poet, writer, and translator (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), born in Bredfield, Sussex, England (d. 1883)
- Mar 31 Nikolai Gogol [Nikolay], Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General), born in Sorochintsy, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1852)
- Mar 31 Otto Jonas Lindblad, Swedish composer (Kungssången - Royal Anthem), born in Karlstorp, Sweden (d. 1864)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 7 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer and organist, dies at 73
- Mar 9 Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French ballonist (1st balloon flights in England and U.S.), dies at 55
- Mar 23 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, Belgian composer, dies at 60
- Mar 26 Gabriele Mario Piozzi, Italian tenor and composer, dies at 68
- Mar 27 Joseph-Marie Vien, French court painter, dies at 92
