Historical Events
Battle of Cerro Corá
Mar 1 War of the Triple Alliance finally ends with the Battle of Cerro Corá and the death of Paraguayan Dictator Francisco Solano López after over 5 years of bloodshed between Paraguay and Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Thomas Scott
Mar 4 On command of Louis Riel, Thomas Scott is executed by a firing squad. Riel rejects all appeals and requests to intervene in an attempt to demonstrate to the Canadian government that the Métis must be taken seriously
Revels 1st Senate Speech
Mar 16 Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by an African American in the US Senate
- Mar 17 Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary
- Mar 18 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland California)
- Mar 18 Antonio Carlos Gomes' "Il Guarany" premieres at La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy, 1st Brazilian opera successful outside Brazil
- Mar 19 Antônio Carlos Gomes' opera "Il Guarany" premieres at Teatro La Scala in Milan, Italy
- Mar 22 Ohio State University is established as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, a public land grant college, in Columbus. Ohio
- Mar 30 15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
- Mar 30 Florida territorial government established
- Mar 30 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
- Mar 31 Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy, New Jersey is the first African American to vote in the US under provisions of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, in a local election on town's charter [1]
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 4 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (d. 1944)
- Mar 5 Frank Norris, journalist and writer (McTeague, Octopus), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1902)
- Mar 6 Oscar Straus [Strauss], Viennese composer (Ein Walzertraum), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1954)
- Mar 10 Alfred Kastner, Austrian-American harpist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1948)
- Mar 11 Arthur E Ochse, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), born in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa (d. 1918)
- Mar 11 Herm McFarland, American MLB outfielder (first grand slam in AL history), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1935)
- Mar 11 Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (d. 1946)
- Mar 13 Albert Meyer, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929-38), born in Fällanden, Switzerland (d. 1953)
- Mar 17 Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)
- Mar 18 Frank Hoyt Losey, American composer, arranger of band and orchestral music, and advisor to Edison Phonograph Company, born in Parma, New York (d. 1931) [1]
- Mar 20 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck 'the Lion of Africa', German general and politician (only German to successfully invade part of British empire in WWI), born in Saarlouis, Prussia (d. 1964)
- Mar 31 Tommy Ryan, American boxer (World Welterweight, Middleweight champion), born in Redwood, NY (d. 1948)
Famous Weddings
Claude Monet
Mar 28 Impressionist Painter Claude Monet (29) weds model Camille Doncieux in Paris
Famous Deaths
Francisco Solano López (1826-1870)
Mar 1 President and Dictator of Paraguay (1862-70), shouts "¡Muero con mi patria!" (I die with my nation) and dies in a struggle with Brazilian soldiers attempting to disarm him at 43
- Mar 9 Theodore Labarre, French composer and harpist, dies at 65
- Mar 10 (Isaac) Ignaz Moscheles, Bohemian piano virtuoso, friend of Beethoven, teacher of Mendelssohn, conductor, and composer, dies at 75 [1]
- Mar 11 Moshoeshoe I, King of Lesotho (1822-70), dies at about 47
- Mar 18 Joaquin Gaztambide, Spanish composer (Una vieja), dies at 48
- Mar 28 George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
