Historical Events
- Mar 3 1st US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission
- Mar 3 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates
- Mar 3 US Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government)
- Mar 3 US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail
Grover Cleveland
Mar 4 Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st US Democratic President since Civil War
The Mikado
Mar 14 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Mikado" premieres in London at the Savoy Theatre
- Mar 15 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Lesson Djinns"
Louis Riel's Return
Mar 19 Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government in Saskatchewan
- Mar 20 Yiddish theater opens in New York City with an operetta by Abraham Goldfaden
- Mar 21 2nd French government of Ferry resigns
- Mar 26 1st modern, legal cremation held in England at Woking, Surrey [1]
- Mar 26 Battle of Duck Lake: Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, 1st engagement of the North-West Rebellion
- Mar 26 Eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film
- Mar 27 47th Grand National: Jockey Ted Wilson wins his second consecutive GN aboard 10/3 favourite Roquefort
A Salute To The Salvation Army
Mar 28 US Salvation Army officially organized
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Lionel Atwill, British actor (The Mystery of the Wax Museum), born in Croydon, London, England (d. 1946)
- Mar 6 (Joseph) Rosario Bourdon, French Canadian-American cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and musical director (Victor Talking Machine Company, 1905-31; Symphonique de Montréal, 1935-44), born in Longueuil, Quebec (d. 1961)
- Mar 6 Ring Lardner, American sports writer (Chicago Examiner, Chicago Tribune; "Pullman Pastimes"-The Sporting News; "You Know Me"; the Boston American), born in Niles, Michigan (d. 1933)
Hans Luther (1885-1962)
Mar 10 German politician and German Chancellor (1925-6), born in Berlin
Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948)
Mar 11 British motor racer (world land and water speed record holder), born in London, England
- Mar 12 Raphaël Verwilghen, Belgian architect, and urban planner, born in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium (d. 1963)
- Mar 14 Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace, born in Chamalières, France (d. 1918)
- Mar 16 Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer, born in Toscolano, Italy (d. 1943)
- Mar 16 Sydney Chaplin [Hawkes], British actor, half brother and manager of Charlie Chaplin, born in London, England (d. 1965)
- Mar 20 Eugen Herrigel, German philosopher (early pioneer of Zen in Europe) (d. 1955)
- Mar 22 Adriano Lualdi, Italian composer (Il diavolo nel campanile), and conductor, born in Larino, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1971)
- Mar 22 Aryeh Levin [Reb Aryeh], Orthodox Jewish rabbi (d. 1969)
- Mar 22 Jēkabs Mediņš, Latvian composer, born in Riga, Russian Empire (now Latvia) (d. 1971)
- Mar 23 Platt Adams, American field athlete (Olympic gold standing high jump 1912), born in Belleville, New Jersey (d. 1961)
- Mar 24 Charlie Daniels, American swimmer (Olympic gold 220yd, 440yd, 4x50yd freestyle 1904, 100m freestyle 1908), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1973)
- Mar 25 Veit Valentin, German-American controversial historian (Deutsche Revolution), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1947)
- Mar 26 Julius Harrison, British composer and conductor (Bredon Hill), born in Stourport, Worcestershire, England (d. 1963)
- Mar 26 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer and the founder of Blackburn Aircraft, born in Kirkstall, Leeds (d. 1955)
- Mar 28 Marc Delmas, French composer, chiefly of stage and choral works, and musicologist, born in Saint-Quentin, France (d. 1931)
- Mar 31 Jules Pascin [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian-American painter and cartoonist, born in Vidin, Bulgaria (d. 1930)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 13 Titian Peale, American artist and naturalist (American Ornithology), dies at 85
- Mar 25 Karl Schwarz, German theologian, dies at 72
- Mar 28 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer, dies at 53
- Mar 31 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65
- Mar 31 Philipp Fahrbach the Elder, Austrian composer, dies at 69
