March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere for March.
March symbols: The birthstones of March are aquamarine and bloodstone. These stones symbolize courage. Its birth flower is the daffodil. The zodiac signs for the month of March are Pisces (until March 20) and Aries (March 21 onwards).
Historical Events for March, 1713
Day of Week 22nd » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1713
5th » Edward Cornwallis, English general (d. 1776)
5th » Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (d. 1783)
12th » Johann Adolph Hass, German instrument maker (d. 1771)
21st » Francis Lewis, Welsh-American politician (d. 1803)
29th » John Ponsonby (politician) called John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)