Historical Events
- Mar 2 University of Illinois opens
- Mar 4 30th Grand National: George Ede victorious aboard Irish 9/1 shot The Lamb; horse wins second GN in 1871
- Mar 5 Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele" premieres in Milan
- Mar 5 Stapler patented in England by C H Gould
- Mar 5 US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson
- Mar 9 The opera "Hamlet" by Ambroise Thomas premieres in Paris
- Mar 12 Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa (later renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho)
- Mar 12 Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in Sydney, Australia, Duke is shot but survives
- Mar 12 US Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
Johnson Impeachment Trial
Mar 13 Senate begins US President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial
- Mar 17 Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
Jesse James Robbery
Mar 20 Jesse James Gang robs a bank in Russellville, Kentucky, of $14,000
- Mar 21 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC
- Mar 23 University of California founded in Oakland, California
- Mar 24 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
- Mar 27 The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York.
- Mar 31 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Alaska P. Davidson, America's first female FBI agent, born in Warren, Ohio (d. 1934)
- Mar 3 Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher and writer, born in Mortagne-au-Perche, France (d. 1951)
- Mar 5 Prosper Poullet, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 1925-26), born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1937)
- Mar 15 Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)
- Mar 18 Maude Abbott, Canadian physician (world expert on congenital heart disease), born in St Andrews East, Quebec (d. 1940) [1]
- Mar 22 Hamish MacCunn, Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood), and teacher, born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 1916)
Robert A. Millikan (1868-1953)
Mar 22 American physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923), born in Morrison, Illinois
- Mar 23 Dietrich Eckart, early supporter of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (d. 1923)
- Mar 25 Bill Lockwood, English cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 43 wickets, BB 7/71, 1 x 50; Surrey CCC), born in Nottingham, England (d. 1932)
- Mar 26 Fuʾād I [Aḥmad Fuʾād Pasha], King of Egypt (1922-36), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1936)
- Mar 27 Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter ("Happy Birthday To You"), born in Anchorage, Kentucky (d. 1946)
- Mar 28 Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter and illustrator, born in Solothurn, Switzerland (d. 1961)
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936)
Mar 28 Russian playwright and author (Mother and The Lower Depths), born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Mar 28 Wojciech Gawroński, Polish pianist and composer, born in Sejmany, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) (d. 1910)
- Mar 29 Obe Postma, Frisian poet (Fan wjerklank en bisinnen / Of resonance and reflection), naturalist, and historian, born in Cornwerd, Netherlands (d. 1963)
- Mar 31 Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist and neurologist (resisted Nazi's Aktion T4 extermination campaign), born in Neresheim, Württemberg (d. 1948)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 2 Carl Eberwein, German composer and violinist, dies at 81
- Mar 4 Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer of the Chisholm Trail (b. 1805)
- Mar 12 Ernest Doudart de Lagrée, French naval officer and entomologist (led the Mekong River expedition 1866-68), dies during the Mekong Expedition at 44
- Mar 28 James Brudenell, British 7th Earl of Cardigan (led the Charge of the Light Brigade during Crimean War), dies at about 70
