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, 1848
Day of Week 10th » The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
Day of Week 11th » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
Day of Week 15th » A Hungarian Revolution of 1848 e.g revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
Day of Week 18th » Revolutions of 1848 in the German states e.g March Revolution: in Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
Day of Week 20th » Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: Monarch called King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
Day of Week 23rd » The ship 'John Wickliffe (ship) John Wickliffe' arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scotland Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1848
1st » Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor (d. 1907)