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, 1799
Day of Week 3rd » The Siege of Corfu (1798–99) called Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
Day of Week 7th » Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte Siege of Jaffa captures Jaffa, Israel Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1799
8th » Simon Cameron, American politician, 26th United States Secretary of War (d. 1889)
20th » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
29th » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)