Historical Events
- Mar 12 The ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris.
Reform Act Passed
Mar 22 British Parliament, led by Charles Grey, passes the Reform Act, introducing wide-ranging changes to electoral system of England and Wales, increasing electorate from about 500,000 voters to 813,000
Joseph Smith Tarred and Feathered
Mar 24 Mormon leader Joseph Smith is beaten, tarred and feathered in Hiram, Ohio
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Friedrich Grutzmacher, German cellist and composer, born in Dessau, Germany (d. 1903)
- Mar 7 Orlando Metcalfe Poe, American engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Navarre, Ohio (d. 1895)
- Mar 10 William Henry Penrose, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born at Madison Barracks in Sackett's Harbor, New York (d. 1903)
- Mar 11 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde test), born in Großenlüder (d. 1901)
- Mar 11 William Ruffin Cox, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1919)
- Mar 12 Charles Boycott, Irish estate manager (whose workers refused to work for him amid Irish rent and land issues, origin of the term "boycott"), born in Burgh St. Peter, England (d. 1897)
- Mar 13 Alberto Randegger, Italian composer, born in Trieste, Austrian Empire (d. 1911)
- Mar 16 Charles Doolittle, American general (Union volunteer), born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 1903)
- Mar 17 Moncure Daniel Conway, American minister, abolitionist and writer (Life of Thomas Paine), born in Stafford County, Virginia (d. 1907) [1]
- Mar 17 Walter Quintin Gresham, American statesman, jurist, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Lanesville, Indiana (d. 1895)
Famous Deaths
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Mar 22 German writer and social philosopher (Faust), dies at 82
