Historical Events
- Mar 24 Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 James Fleming Fagan, American farmer and Condeferate Army Major General (Shiloh; Mark's Mill), born in Clark County, Kentucky (d. 1893)
- Mar 1 Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, born in Peveragno (d. 1900)
- Mar 2 Jefferson Columbus Davis, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Clark County, Indiana (d. 1879)
- Mar 4 Elisha Franklin Paxton [Bull Paxton], American Confederate general (Stoneville Brigade at Battle of Chancellorsville), born in Rockbridge County, Virginia (d. 1863)
- Mar 8 George William Martin, English chorister, organist, composer, educator, and founder of the National Choral Society, born in London, England (d. 1881)
- Mar 17 Patrick Cleburne, Irish -born American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Ovens, Ireland (d. 1864)
- Mar 18 William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist (International Arbitration League, 1903 Nobel Peace Prize), born in Fareham, England (d. 1908)
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
Mar 20 Norwegian playwright (Peer Gynt; Hedda Gabler), born in Skien, Norway
Famous Deaths
- Mar 8 Johann Anton Sulzer, Swiss writer and composer, dies at 75
- Mar 25 Maria Reynolds, American mistress of Alexander Hamilton and part of America's 1st political sex scandal (Reynolds Pamphlet), dies at 59
- Mar 28 William Thornton, British-American architect (Capitol Building in Washington, D.C), dies at 68
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