23rd » After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
29th » Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal Highway United States called highway.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1806
6th » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (d. 1861)
9th » Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist (d. 1872)
12th » Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
21st » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 25th President of Mexico (d. 1872)
28th » Thomas Hare (political scientist) or Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)
Famous Deaths for March 1806
30th » Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757)