Historical Events
Sullivan vs Mitchell
Mar 10 Heavyweight Boxing champ John L. Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
- Mar 11 Great blizzard of '88 strikes northeastern USA
- Mar 12 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in north east US (400 die)
- Mar 13 Great Blizzard of 1888 rages across the east coast of the USA and Canada
- Mar 14 Second largest snowfall in NYC history (21")
- Mar 20 Premiere of the very first Romani language operetta staged in Moscow, Russia
- Mar 21 Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender" premieres in London
- Mar 22 English Football League established
- Mar 23 50th Grand National: George Mawson aboard 40/1 outsider Playfair easily wins by 10 lengths from Frigate
- Mar 25 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Ewart Astill, England cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, Leicestershire), born in Ratby, Leicestershire, England (d. 1948)
- Mar 4 Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter Boston Doves v Cincinnati Reds 1907), born in Seymour, Illinois (d. 1972)
- Mar 4 Knute Rockne, American College Football HOF coach, (National C'ships 1924, 29, 30 Notre Dame; record 105–12–5), born in Voss, Norway (d. 1931)
- Mar 4 Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (Grand Hotel, The Devil-Doll), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1942)
- Mar 7 Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, American jazz guitarist and double-bassist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1969)
- Mar 7 Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborch Stachouwer, Dutch last Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1936-45), taken prisoner by the Japanese during WWII, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1978)
- Mar 8 Stuart Chase, American writer and economist (The Tragedy of Waste), born in Somersworth, New Hampshire (d. 1985)
- Mar 10 Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Academy Award, Going My Way), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1961)
- Mar 10 Krsto Odak, Croatian composer, born in Siverić (d. 1965)
- Mar 12 Hall Johnson, American composer (Hall Johnson Choir), born in Athens, Georgia (d. 1970)
- Mar 12 Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (Bavarian State Opera, 1922-36), born in Elberfeld, Germany (d. 1965)
- Mar 14 Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (d. 1970)
- Mar 17 Frank Buck, American actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs), born in Gainesville, Texas (d. 1950)
- Mar 17 Paul Ramadier, French politician (d. 1961)
- Mar 18 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian-French sculptor (Cubism), born in Szeged, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
- Mar 19 Josef Albers, German-American artist, writer and teacher (Bauhaus professor, Homage to the Square), born in Bottrop, Germany (d. 1976)
- Mar 19 Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
- Mar 20 Siegfried von Vegesack, German writer, born in Gut Blumbergshof, Latvia (d. 1974)
- Mar 24 Jameson Thomas, British actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), born in London, England (d. 1939)
- Mar 24 Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922)
- Mar 26 Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse who helped POWs in Siberia, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (d. 1948)
- Mar 27 Agnes Windeck, German actress (A Time to Love and a Time to Die), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1975)
- Mar 27 George Hearne, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province), born in Catford, England (d. 1978)
- Mar 28 Jack Burke Sr., American golfer (US open 1920 runner-up; Senior PGA C'ship 1941), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)
- Mar 29 A. M. de Jong, Dutch writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak), born in Nieuw-Vossemeer, Netherlands (d. 1943)
- Mar 29 James E. Casey, American businessman and founder (United Parcel Service), born in Candelaria, Nevada (d. 1983)
- Mar 30 Anna Q Nilsson, Swedish actress (Shenandoah; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Toll Gate; Sorrell & Son), born in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden (d. 1974)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 4 Amos Bronson Alcott, American reformer, philosopher and poet (Table Talk), dies at 88
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
Mar 6 American author (Little Women), dies of a stroke at 55
Wilhelm I (1797-1888)
Mar 9 King of Prussia (1861-88) and the 1st German Emperor (1871-88), dies at 90
- Mar 10 Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 57
- Mar 12 Henry Bergh, American social reformer who founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and co-founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC), dies at 76
- Mar 15 Squire Whipple, American engineer who invented the iron truss bridge, dies at 83 [1]
- Mar 16 Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman, dies at 86
- Mar 24 Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
- Mar 25 Francesco Faà di Bruno, Italian mathematician, and later Catholic priest and advocate for the poor, dies at 62
- Mar 26 Barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
- Mar 29 Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer, dies at 74
