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, 1649
Day of Week 11th » The Frondeurs and the France named French sign the Peace of Rueil.
Day of Week 19th » The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it '"useless and dangerous to the people of England"'.
Famous Deaths for March 1649
9th » James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish politician (b. 1606)
9th » Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (b. 1590)
16th » Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)
17th » Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and martyr (b. 1610)
19th » Gerhard Johann Vossius, German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
26th » John Winthrop, English-American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony