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, 1863
Day of Week 19th » The SS called Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate States of America called Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
Day of Week 30th » Danish prince George I of Greece or Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1863
1st » Aleksandr Golovin (artist) called Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (d. 1930)
1st » Naomi Anderson, American civil rights activist
3rd » Arthur Machen, Welsh actor and author (d. 1947)
4th » Reginald Innes Pocock, English zoologist (d. 1947)
4th » John Henry Wigmore, American jurist (d. 1943)
11th » Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer (d. 1915)
12th » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (d. 1945)