5th » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
7th » United States Senate named Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
18th » American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1850
7th » Champ Clark, American politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1921)
7th » Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1937)
10th » Spencer Gore (sportsman) or Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
24th » Silas Hocking, English minister and author (d. 1935)
Famous Deaths for March 1850
3rd » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
27th » Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
28th » Gerard Brandon, American politician, 4th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1788)
31st » John C. Calhoun, American politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)