2nd » Alexander II of Russia or Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
30th » Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1855
13th » Percival Lowell, American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1916)
24th » Andrew W. Mellon, American banker, financier, and diplomat, 49th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
24th » Olive Schreiner, South African author (d. 1920)
27th » James Alfred Ewing, Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1935)
27th » William Russell Lane-Joynt, Irish target shooter and lawyer (d. 1921)
27th » William Libbey, American target shooter, geologist, and geographer (d. 1927)
31st » Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman (d. 1899)