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, 1780
Day of Week 14th » American Revolutionary War: Spanish Empire Spanish forces Battle of Fort Charlotte capture Fort Conde Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last Kingdom of Great Britain British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans in Spanish Louisiana.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1780
17th » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator (d. 1847)
18th » Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia (d. 1860)