Historical Events
- Mar 2 Frederick Cook of New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie
Crispus Attucks Day
Mar 5 Abolitionists establish "Crispus Attucks Day" in Boston
Ellen G. White's Vision
Mar 14 Seventh Day Adventist co-founder Ellen G. White receives a vision while attending a funeral service in Lovett's Grove, near Bowling Green, Ohio
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Georg Simmel, German philosopher and sociologist, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1918)
- Mar 7 Nikolai Artzibushev, Russian composer, born in Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire (d. 1937)
- Mar 13 Maximilien Luce, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1941)
- Mar 15 Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist, horticulturalist and writer (Hortus), born in South Haven, Michigan (d. 1954)
- Mar 16 Bud Fowler, American Baseball HOF executive (earliest known African-American player in organized pro baseball), born in Fort Plain, New York (d. 1913)
Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913)
Mar 18 French-born German engineer who invented the diesel engine, born in Paris
Famous Deaths
- Mar 3 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian poet and critic, dies at 54
Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858)
Mar 4 Commodore of the United States Navy who opened Japan to Western influence and trade, dies of rheumatism at 63
