What Happened in March 1817

Historical Events

Mar 4 James Monroe is inaugurated as the 5th President of the United States

Mar 25 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians

Mar 1 Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882)
Mar 2 Janos Arany, Hungarian epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda), born in Nagyszalonta, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1882)
Mar 4 Edwards Pierrepont, American statesman, jurist and lawyer; 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
Mar 5 Austen Henry Layard, British archaeologist and diplomat (work in Mesopotamia including rediscovery of Nineveh), born in Paris, France (d. 1894)
Mar 6 Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
Mar 19 Lewis Henry Little, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
Mar 22 Braxton Bragg, American General (Confederate Army), born in Warrenton, North Carolina (d. 1876)
Mar 24 Aimé Maillart, French opera composer (Les Dragons de Villars), born in Montpellier, Hérault, France (d. 1871)
Mar 26 Herman Haupt, American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1905)
Mar 27 Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss botanist (famous for his work on plant cells), born in Kilchberg, Switzerland (d. 1891)
Mar 28 Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, Spanish composer, born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1880)
Mar 29 Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov, Russian historian and poet, born in Novo-Aksakovo, Russia (d. 1860)

Mar 1 Luigi Gatti, Ittalian tenor, kapellmeister, priest, and composer, dies at 77
Mar 8 Wentworth Cheswell, American auditor, teacher, Revolutionary War messenger, 1st African American elected to public office, dies of typhus fever at 70
Mar 13 Matej Sojka, Bohemian composer, dies at 77
Mar 18 Johann Jakob Walder, Swiss composer and politician, dies at 67