Historical Events
Smith's First Vision
Mar 26 Future Mormon church leader Joseph Smith has his "First Vision" in a wooded area of New York, according to Mormon scholars
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), (d. 1896)
- Mar 1 Richard Redhead, English organist, and composer of sacred music, born in Harrow, England (d. 1901)
- Mar 2 Multatuli [Eduard Douwes Dekker], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1887)
- Mar 4 Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary who led revolts in Sicily against the Bourbon rulers, born in Corleone, Sicily (d. 1856)
- Mar 6 Horatio Gouverneur Wright, American Major General (Union Army), born in Clinton, Connecticut (d. 1899)
- Mar 7 Emilio Faà di Bruno, Italian naval captain, born in Alessandria, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1866)
- Mar 7 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, German composer and teacher, born in Bnin, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1900)
- Mar 9 Samuel Blatchford, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Auburn, New York (d. 1893)
- Mar 13 Louis Hébert, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and civil engineer, born in Iberville Parish, Louisiana (d. 1901)
Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878)
Mar 14 King of Sardinia (1849-61) and Italy (1861-78), born in Torino, Italy
- Mar 17 Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
- Mar 17 Patrick Edward Connor, Irish-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland (d. 1891)
- Mar 20 Alexandru Ioan Cuza, 1st Prince of united Romania (land reform, emancipated peasants), born in Huşi, Moldavia (d. 1873)
- Mar 21 Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873)
- Mar 24 Edmond Becquerel, French physicist who studied the solar spectrum, magnetism, electricity and optics (photovoltaic effect), born in Paris, France (d. 1891)
- Mar 24 Fanny Crosby, American hymnist known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers", born in Brewster, New York (d. 1915)
- Mar 25 Xavier de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope in Rome (d. 1874)
- Mar 30 Anna Sewell, English author (Black Beauty), born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (d. 1878)
Famous Weddings
James Monroe
Mar 8 5th US President James Monroe's daughter Maria is the first child of a President to marry in the White House
Famous Deaths
- Mar 11 Benjamin West, Anglo-American painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81
Alexander Mackenzie (Explorer) (c. 1764-1820)
Mar 12 Scottish born Canadian explorer, First European to cross North America, dies at roughly 56
