Historical Events
Faust
Mar 19 Charles Gounod's opera "Faust" premieres at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, France
Brahms' Serenade for Orchestra
Mar 28 1st performance of Johannes Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 2 Sholem Aleichem [Solomon Rabinowitz], Yiddish author and playwright (Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye the Dairyman), born in Pereyaslav, Russian Empire (d. 1916)
- Mar 8 Kenneth Grahame, Scottish author (The Wind in the Willows), born in Edinburgh (d. 1932)
- Mar 8 Otto Taubmann, German composer, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1929)
- Mar 12 Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896)
- Mar 12 Josef Cyril Sychra, Czech composer and choirmaster, born in Ústí nad Orlicí (d. 1935)
- Mar 13 Ivo Bligh, British noble (8th Earl of Darnley) and cricket batsman (4 Tests; first England captain v Australia 1882-83), born in London, England (d. 1927)
- Mar 15 Arthur Hawley Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, born in New York City (d. 1932)
- Mar 16 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906)
- Mar 19 Edward J. McKeever, American baseball executive (co-owner Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1925)
- Mar 26 A. E. Housman, English poet (A Shropshire Lad), born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England (d. 1936)
- Mar 26 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (Riemann–Hurwitz formula), born in Hildesheim, Germany (d. 1919)
- Mar 26 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1922)
- Mar 27 George Giffen, Australian cricket all-rounder (31 Tests, 1 x 100, 6 x 50, HS 161, 103 wickets, BB 7/117; SA CA), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 1927)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Josef Theodor Krov, Bohemian composer, singer and teacher, dies at 61
