Historical Events
Annexation of Texas
Mar 1 US President John Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
- Mar 3 Florida becomes 27th state of the Union
- Mar 3 For the first time the US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
- Mar 3 US Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
James K. Polk
Mar 4 James K. Polk inaugurated as 11th US President
- Mar 5 7th Grand National: William Loft aboard outsider Cure-All wins in record time of 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Treaty of Waitangi
Mar 11 The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
- Mar 14 -5.3°F (-20.7°C) in Groningen, Netherlands
- Mar 17 Bristol man Henry Jones patents self-raising flour
- Mar 17 Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
- Mar 26 Joseph Francis from NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
- Mar 26 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band-aid
- Mar 28 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
Famous Birthdays
Georg Cantor (1845-1918)
Mar 3 German mathematician (discovered transfinite numbers), born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Mar 5 Alphonse Hasselmans, Belgian-French harpist, composer (La Source), and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1884-1912), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1912)
- Mar 7 Daniel David Palmer, Canadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), born in Port Perry, Canada West (d. 1913)
- Mar 19 Moorfield Storey, American lawyer, pacifist, civil rights leader (co-founder of NAACP & president, 1909-29), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1929)
- Mar 19 Willem H. de Beaufort, Dutch historian and politician (d. 1918)
Wilhelm Röntgen (1845-1923)
Mar 27 German physicist who discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901), born in Lennep, Rhine Province
