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, 1777
Day of Week 8th » Regiments from Germans in the American Revolution Ansbach-Bayreuth e.g Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1777
13th » Charles Lot Church, American-Canadian politician (d. 1864)
17th » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English clergyman and author (d. 1861)
17th » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1864)
31st » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (d. 1859)
Famous Deaths for March 1777
1st » Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (b. 1715)