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, 1854
Day of Week 1st » German people known as German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
Day of Week 20th » The Republican Party (United States) known as Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
Day of Week 28th » Crimean War: France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or Britain declare war on Russia.
Day of Week 31st » Commodore (United States) Commodore Matthew Perry (naval officer) Matthew Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda, Shizuoka Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1854
4th » Napier Shaw, English meteorologist (d. 1945)
12th » Mahendranath Gupta, Indian author (d. 1932)
14th » Paul Ehrlich, German physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1915)
14th » John Lane (publisher) e.g John Lane, English publisher, co-founded The Bodley Head (d. 1925)
14th » Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (d. 1920)
14th » Thomas R. Marshall, American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1925)
15th » Emil Adolf von Behring, German physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
21st » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
26th » Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
27th » Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
Famous Deaths for March 1854
6th » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat (b. 1778)
11th » Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)
13th » Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)