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, 1836
Day of Week 1st » A Convention of 1836 or convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
Day of Week 2nd » Texas Revolution: Texas Declaration of Independence known as Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
Day of Week 3rd » Texans celebrate the first Texas Independence Day with the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially broke Texas from Mexico, and creating the Republic of Texas.
Day of Week 5th » Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
Day of Week 6th » Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo After a thirteen day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo Mission in San Antonio named Alamo are killed an
Day of Week 27th » Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army Goliad massacre called butchers 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1836
2nd » Henry Billings Brown, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1913)
5th » Charles Goodnight, American rancher (d. 1929)