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, 1795
Day of Week 28th » Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern Fiefdom or fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1795
12th » William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. 1861)
28th » Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
Famous Deaths for March 1795
4th » John Collins (Continental Congress) named John Collins, American politician, 3rd List of Governors of Rhode Island called Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1717)
21st » Giovanni Arduino (geologist) known as Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (b. 1714)