Historical Events
Republic of Texas Declares Independence
Mar 2 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico in Columbia
Colt's 1st Pistol
Mar 5 Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing Company manufactures first pistol, 36-caliber "Texas" model, in Paterson, New Jersey
Battle of the Alamo
Mar 6 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 2 Henry Billings Brown, American jurist (U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1891-1906), born in Lee, Massachusetts (d. 1913)
- Mar 5 Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
- Mar 8 Matthew Calbraith Butler, American Major General (Confederate Army) and politician, born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 1909)
- Mar 15 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, Brazilian composer, conductor and educator, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1906)
- Mar 16 Andrew Smith Hallidie, American inventor of the cable car, born in London (d. 1900)
- Mar 20 Edward Poynter, British painter, President of the Royal Academy, born in Paris, France (d. 1919)
- Mar 20 Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American military officer and politician (US Representative from New York 1881-83), born in Delhi, New York (d. 1886)
- Mar 21 Jesús de Monasterio, Spanish violinist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue (Madrid Conservatory, 1857-1903), born in Potes, Cantabria, Spain (d. 1903)
- Mar 28 Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer (Pabst Brewing Company), born in Mönchpfiffel-Nikolausrieth, Germany (d. 1904)
- Mar 30 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist and politician (richest person in German Empire), born in Saarbrücken, Prussia (d. 1901)
Famous Deaths
Davy Crockett (1786-1836)
Mar 6 American frontiersman, adventurer and politician, killed at the Battle of the Alamo at 49
- Mar 6 James "Jim" Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (Texas Revolution), dies during Battle of Alamo at 39
- Mar 6 James Butler Bonham, American lawyer from South Carolina and soldier (b. 1807)
- Mar 6 William B. Travis, American lawyer and soldier, dies at the Battle of the Alamo, at 26
- Mar 9 Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French Enlightenment philosopher, dies at 81
- Mar 27 James Fannin, Texas revolutionary (b. 1804)
