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, 1864
Day of Week 11th » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
Day of Week 12th » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River.
Day of Week 15th » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign : U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
Day of Week 16th » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union (American Civil War) known as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1864
4th » David W. Taylor, American architect and engineer (d. 1940)
12th » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)
12th » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (d. 1943)
13th » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (d. 1941)
15th » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) (d. 1935)
17th » Joseph Baptista, Indian politician and activist (d. 1930)
19th » Charles Marion Russell, American painter (d. 1926)
27th » Agostina Livia Pietrantoni, Italian nun and nurse (d. 1894)
30th » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (d. 1943)