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, 1776
Day of Week 2nd » American Revolutionary War: Patriot (American Revolution) Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Province of Georgia Georgia James Wright (governor) James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
Day of Week 3rd » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
Day of Week 4th » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army Fortification of Dorchester Heights e.g fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the Kingdom of Great Britain known as British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
Day of Week 17th » American Revolution: British forces Evacuation Day (Massachusetts) named evacuate Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox Fortification of Dorchester Heights or place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
Day of Week 28th » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
10th » Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)
10th » Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
24th » John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (b. 1693)
26th » Samuel Ward (American statesman) or Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st List of colonial governors of Rhode Island named Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)