Historical Events
Archibald Primrose PM
Mar 5 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, becomes First Lord of the Treasury (the official title of the UK Prime Minister)
- Mar 5 Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in US
- Mar 8 The state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law
Coca-Cola Sold in Bottles
Mar 12 Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Mar 12 Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday & Friday
- Mar 13 J. L. Johnstone of England invents horse racing's starting gate
Thaïs
Mar 16 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" premieres in Paris, includes piece “Méditation” for violin and orchestra
- Mar 17 US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US
- Mar 22 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa HC, 3-1 to win 3-team challenge tournament
- Mar 24 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington
- Mar 25 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon, Ohio, for Washington, D.C.
- Mar 30 56th Grand National: Jockey Arthur Nightingall wins his second GN aboard 5/1 joint favourite Why Not
Candida
Mar 30 George Bernard Shaw's comedy play "Candida" premieres at Theatre Royal, South Shields, England
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 2 Renaat Veremans, Flemish organist, composer, and conductor (Flemish Opera, Antwerp, 1921-44), born in Lierre, Belgium (d. 1969)
- Mar 5 Henry Daniell, British actor (The Great Dictator, Camille, Philadelphia Story, Body Snatchers), born in London, England (d. 1963)
- Mar 9 Frank Arnau [Heinrich Schmitt], German crime fiction writer, born in Vienna (d. 1976)
- Mar 14 Josef Schelb, German composer, born in Bad Krozingen, Germany (d. 1977)
- Mar 14 Osa Johnson, American adventurer and filmmaker, born in New York City (d. 1953)
- Mar 15 Sláva Vorlová [Miroslava Johnová], Czech composer (Bílá oblaka (White Clouds)), born in Náchod, Lands of the Bohemian Crown (d. 1973)
- Mar 17 Paul Green, American novelist and playwright (In Abraham's Bosom), born in Lillingotn, North Carolina (d. 1981)
- Mar 19 Jackie Moms Mabley, American comedian and actress (The Merv Griffin Show), born in Brevard, South Carolina (d. 1975)
- Mar 22 Surya Sen "Master Da", Indian activist for independence (Chittagong armoury raid), born in Chittagong, British India (d. 1934)
- Mar 25 Erik William Gustav Leidzen, Swedish American composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1962)
- Mar 26 Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian operatic soprano, the favorite of Richard Strauss, born in Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austrian Empire (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) (d. 1985)
- Mar 26 Will Wright, American actor (Adam's Rib, Living Christ Story), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1962)
- Mar 27 William Harrigan, American actor (Invisible Man), born in New York City (d. 1966)
- Mar 30 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (designed Il-2 Shturmovik - world's most produced military aircraft), born in Dilyalevo, Russia (d. 1977)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 3 Ned Williamson, American baseball player (Chicago White Stockings), dies at 36
- Mar 11 John Selby, England cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies of paralytic stroke at 44
- Mar 12 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
- Mar 20 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, politician, journalist, and liberal revolutionary (Governor-President of Hungary, 1849), dies at 91
- Mar 21 Jacob Rosenhaim, Jewish-German composer, dies at 80
- Mar 24 Robert Prescott Stewart, Irish composer, organist, conductor, and teacher, dies at 68
- Mar 26 Alfred H. Colquitt, American lawyer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 69
- Mar 27 Verney Lovett Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49
