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, 1860
Day of Week 5th » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Day of Week 17th » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki Region named Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand land wars.
Day of Week 24th » Sakuradamon incident (1860) e.g Sakuradamon incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (TairÅ) Ii Naosuke.
Day of Week 28th » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1860
2nd » Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
3rd » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
12th » Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)
13th » Hugo Wolf, Slovene-Austrian composer (d. 1903)
15th » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian bacteriologist (d. 1930)
19th » William Jennings Bryan, American politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
27th » Frank Frost Abbott, American scholar (d. 1924)
Famous Deaths for March 1860
6th » Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
14th » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (b. 1802)
25th » James Braid (surgeon) called James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)