Historical Events
- Mar 3 3rd Grand National: Horatio Powell wins aboard 14/1 Charity; first mare to win the race
London Assurance
Mar 4 Dion Boucicault's stage comedy "London Assurance" opens at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London
William Henry Harrison
Mar 4 Longest US presidential inauguration speech (8,443 words) by William Henry Harrison
- Mar 5 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
- Mar 9 US Supreme Court rules the kidnapped slaves from the Spanish schooner the Amistad are free
- Mar 22 A method for alkali starch extraction is patented in the US by Orlando Jones, which is later applied to corn (cornstarch)
- Mar 27 1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC
Schumann's 1st Symphony
Mar 31 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Blanche Bruce, American politician who was born a slave, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), born in Farmville, Virginia (d. 1898)
- Mar 1 Romualdo Marenco, Italian composer, chiefly of ballet music (Excelsior), and conductor, born in Novi Ligure, Italy (d. 1907)
- Mar 3 John Murray, Canadian-British oceanographer, marine biologist (Challenger Expedition, 1872-76), and writer (The Depths of the Ocean), born in Coburg, West Canada (now Ontario) (d. 1914)
- Mar 4 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl), born at Overhalla, Norway (d. 1881)
- Mar 7 Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentine, journalist and poet (El nido de condores), born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (d. 1882)
- Mar 7 William Rockhill Nelson, founder of The Kansas City Star and patron of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (d. 1915)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (1841-1935)
Mar 8 US 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32), born in Boston, Massachusetts
