Historical Events
- Mar 1 5th Grand National: Tom Olliver aboard 12/1 Vanguard wins; first year race run as a handicap
- Mar 3 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
- Mar 7 1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 2 Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
- Mar 5 William F. Sudds, American composer, music publisher, and teacher, born in London, England (d. 1920) [1]
- Mar 6 Artur Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, composer, and music publisher, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1925)
- Mar 8 Vilhelm Svedbom, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1904)
- Mar 18 Jules Vandenpeereboom, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 1899), born in Kortrijk, Belgium (d. 1917)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 16 Anton Reinhard Falck, Dutch statesman and diplomat (advisor to King William I), dies at 65
Guadalupe Victoria (1786-1843)
Mar 21 Mexican independence leader, general and 1st President of Mexico (1824-29), dies at 56
