Historical Events
- Mar 11 1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vermont
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 3 Gyula Andrássy Sr, Prime Minister of Hungary (1867-71), born in Kassa, Austrian Empire (d. 1890)
- Mar 12 William Flank Perry, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1901)
- Mar 14 Roswell S. Ripley, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Worthington, Ohio (d. 1887)
- Mar 14 Théodore de Banville, French writer, born in Moulins, France (d. 1891)
- Mar 16 William Henry Monk, English composer and organist (Eventide), born in London, England (d. 1889)
- Mar 19 Adelgunde of Bavaria, German princess and wife of Duke of Modena, born in Würzburg, Bavaria (d. 1914)
- Mar 19 Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82) (d. 1892)
- Mar 20 John Echols, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1896)
- Mar 20 Ned Buntline, American publisher (d. 1886)
- Mar 23 Schuyler Colfax, American politician (17th US Vice President 1869-73), born in New York City (d. 1885)
- Mar 25 William T. Thompson American Martin, Major General (Confederate Army), born in Glasgow, Kentucky (d. 1910)
- Mar 27 Samuel Kosciusko Zook, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1863)
- Mar 30 Joseph Farmer Knipe, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania (d. 1901)
- Mar 31 Ernest Doudart de Lagrée, French naval officer and entomologist (led the Mekong River expedition 1866-68), born in Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze, France (d. 1868)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 14 Charles François Dumouriez, French general during the Revolutionary Wars, dies at 84
- Mar 18 Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 69
- Mar 24 Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch politician, Mayor of Alkmaar, dies at 66
- Mar 25 Coelestin Jungbauer, German composer, dies at 75
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