Historical Events
William McKinley
Mar 4 William McKinley inaugurated as 25th US President
Mahler's 3rd Symphony
Mar 9 Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony, in Berlin, Germany
- Mar 11 A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.
Fervaal
Mar 12 Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal" premieres in Brussels
Fitzsimmons vs Corbett
Mar 17 British boxer Bob Fitzsimmons KOs American champion 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett in the 14th round to win World Heavyweight title in Carson City, Nevada
- Mar 20 1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in NY
Franco-Ethiopian Convention
Mar 20 France signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia establishing a common border between French held Djibouti and Ethiopia
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 3 Jose Moreno Gans, Spanish composer, born in Algemesí, Spain (d. 1976)
- Mar 4 Lefty O'Doul, American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star, World Series 1933; NL batting champion 1929, 32 NY Yankees), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1969)
- Mar 5 Gunta Stölzl, German textile artist (teacher at the Bauhaus School), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1983)
- Mar 5 Set Persson, Swedish communist politician, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1960)
Soong Mei-ling (1897-2003)
Mar 5 Chinese political figure and First Lady of the Republic of China (1948-75), born in Shanghai
- Mar 6 Knudåge Riisager, Danish composer, and music director (Royal Danish Academy of Music, 1956-67), born in Kunda, Estonia (d. 1974)
- Mar 11 Dick Tyldesley, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 19 wickets, BB 3/50; Lancashire CCC), born in Westhoughton, England (d. 1943)
- Mar 11 Henry Cowell, American pianist, composer (The Tides of Manaunaun; Aeolian Harp), and modern music promoter (New Musical Resources), born in Menlo Park, California (d. 1965)
- Mar 13 Marcel Thiry, Belgian writer and wallon militant, born in Charleroi, Belgium (d. 1977)
- Mar 13 William Herald, Australian swimmer (Olympic-1920), born in Glebe, New South Wales (d. 1976)
- Mar 15 Jackson Scholz, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m 1920, 200m 1924), born in Buchanan, Michigan (d. 1986)
- Mar 16 Conrad Nagel, American actor (All That Heaven Allows, Celebrity Time), born in Keokuk, Iowa (d. 1970)
- Mar 17 Jozef C. Mazur, American stained glass artist and painter (d. 1970)
- Mar 19 Betty Compson, American actress (Big City, Docks Of New York), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1974)
- Mar 19 Liam O'Flaherty, Irish writer, born in Inishmore, Aran Islands (d. 1984)
- Mar 24 Charles Eyck, Dutch painter and sculptor (Limburg School), born in Meerssen, Netherlands (d. 1983)
- Mar 24 Lucia Chase, American ballerina and co-founder of American Ballet Theater, born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1986)
- Mar 24 Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychoanalyst (coined term "sexual revolution", worked with Freud), born in Dobzau, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
- Mar 25 "Sweet" Emma Barrett, American Dixieland jazz pianist and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
- Mar 25 John Laurie, Scottish actor (Hamlet, The 39 Steps, Jericho, Island of Desire), born in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (d. 1980)
- Mar 27 Carlo Mierendorff, German politician and anti-fascist, born in Grossenhain, Germany (d. 1943)
- Mar 27 Douglas R. Hartree, English mathematician and physicist, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1958)
- Mar 27 Effa Manley, American Baseball HOF executive (co-owner NgL Newark Eagles), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1981)
- Mar 28 Sepp Herberger, German soccer manager (Germany 1936–42; West Germany 1950-64) and striker (3 caps; SV Waldhof Mannheim 127 games), born in Mannheim, German Empire (d. 1977)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 6 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, British clergyman and writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies at 86
- Mar 9 Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing, dies at 71
- Mar 10 Teodulo Mabellini, Italian composer, dies at 79
- Mar 11 Berthold Tours, Dutch-English composer, dies at 58
- Mar 11 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist and evangelist (The Greatest Thing in the World), dies at 45
- Mar 19 Antoine T. d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87
- Mar 20 Apollon Maykov, Russian poet, dies at 76
- Mar 27 Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826)
