Historical Events
- Mar 7 Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand
- Mar 15 University of Toronto is chartered
- Mar 16 First US newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" owned and operated by African Americans begins publishing in New York City
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 7 Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1889)
- Mar 8 Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (Father of Bantu Philology), born in Berlin (d. 1875)
- Mar 12 John Robert Jones, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1901)
- Mar 12 William Richard Terry, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1897)
- Mar 19 Alexander Shaler, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Haddam, Connecticut (d. 1911)
- Mar 26 Emanuel Kania, Polish composer, born in Uszyce, Poland (d. 1887)
Famous Weddings
George Bancroft
Mar 1 Father of U.S. History George Bancroft (26) weds first wife Sarah Dwight
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Christopher Gore, American lawyer and politician (8th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 68
Alessandro Volta (1745-1827)
Mar 5 Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st battery, dies at 82
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Mar 26 German composer (5th Symphony; Ode to Joy), dies of liver disease at 56
- Mar 27 François Alexandre Frédéric, French social reformer (b. 1747)
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