Historical Events
- Mar 11 Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews
- Mar 14 US Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
- Mar 15 1st Russian settlement in California at Russian River
- Mar 19 The first Spanish constitution is enacted, one of the earliest constitutions ever promulgated
Massive Earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela
Mar 26 Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
- Mar 6 Aaron Lufkin Dennison 'Father of American watchmaking', American watch manufacturer and businessman (Tremont Watch Company), born in Freeport, Maine (d. 1895)
- Mar 9 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1886)
- Mar 10 Victor Tesch, Belgian industrialist and politician, born in Messancy, Belgium (d. 1892)
- Mar 11 James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), (d. 1887)
- Mar 11 William Vincent Wallace, Irish-American violinist (known as the 'Australian Paganini'), and composer (Maritana), born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 1865)
- Mar 16 Henry Dwight Terry, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1869)
- Mar 20 George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1880)
- Mar 22 Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist, writer, and individualist anarchist, born in Templeton, Massachusetts (d. 1886)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 20 Jan Ladislav Dussek [Jan Václav Dusík], Czech piano virtuoso, glass harmonic player, and composer, dies of complications from gout at 52
