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, 1791
Day of Week 2nd » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore line named semaphore machine in Paris.
Day of Week 4th » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom named British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
4th » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth U.S. state known as state.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1791
15th » Charles Knight (publisher) or Charles Knight, English author and publisher (d. 1873)
27th » Reuben Uther, English-Australian businessman (d. 1894)
Famous Deaths for March 1791
2nd » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
14th » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and critic (b. 1725)