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).
Famous Birthdays on March in 1813
14th » Joseph P. Bradley, American jurist (d. 1892)
15th » John Snow (physician) or John Snow, English physician (d. 1858)
18th » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (d. 1864)
19th » David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
27th » Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator, co-founded Currier and Ives (d. 1888)
27th » David Monro, Scottish-New Zealand physician and politician, 2nd Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (d. 1877)