Historical Events
- Mar 3 American tailor and inventor Thomas L. Jennings (30) receives US patent for his "dry-scouring" process. the forerunner of today’s modern dry-cleaning
- Mar 5 Monroe is 1st US President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sunday
- Mar 14 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
- Mar 21 First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence.
- Mar 21 Merger of the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company, creating a monopoly of the fur trade in British North America [1]
- Mar 23 Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of Independence
- Mar 25 The Greek revolution against the Ottoman Turks is officially declared, with hostilities having started two months earlier
- Mar 26 Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess" premieres in Vienna
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Catholic bishop (d. 1896)
John Abbott (1821-1893)
Mar 12 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 1891-92), born in Saint-Andre, Quebec
- Mar 12 Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (regent for nephews King Ludwig II and King Otto), born in Würzburg, Bavaria (d. 1912)
- Mar 14 Jens Worsaae, Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1885)
- Mar 15 Eduard Heine, German mathematician (d. 1881)
- Mar 15 Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895)
- Mar 15 William Milligan, Scottish theologian (d. 1892)
- Mar 16 Ernest Feydeau, French author, friend of Flaubert (Fanny), born in Paris, France (d. 1873)
- Mar 19 Francis Barretto Spinola, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Old Field, New York (d. 1891)
Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Mar 19 English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), born in Torquay, Devon
- Mar 19 William Allingham, Irish poet (The Fairies, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland), born in Ballyshannon, Ireland (d. 1889)
- Mar 23 Alekey Pisemski, Russian novelist and playwright (A Bitter Lot), born in Kostroma province, Russia (d. 1881) (OS 11 March)
- Mar 24 Rachel Félix, Swiss-born French actress in tragedies (mistress of Napoleon III), born in Mumpf, Switzerland (d. 1858)
- Mar 24 [George] Hector Tyndale, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1880)
- Mar 26 Ernst Engel, German statistician and economist (Law of Engel), born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1896)
- Mar 29 Joshua Thomas Owen, British-American educator, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Carmarthen, United Kingdom (d. 1887)
