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, 1855
Day of Week 2nd » Alexander II of Russia or Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
Day of Week 30th » Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1855
13th » Percival Lowell, American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1916)
24th » Andrew W. Mellon, American banker, financier, and diplomat, 49th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
24th » Olive Schreiner, South African author (d. 1920)
27th » James Alfred Ewing, Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1935)
27th » William Russell Lane-Joynt, Irish target shooter and lawyer (d. 1921)
27th » William Libbey, American target shooter, geologist, and geographer (d. 1927)
31st » Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman (d. 1899)