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, 1879
Day of Week 11th » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom
Day of Week 23rd » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
Day of Week 29th » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1879
3rd » József Klekl (writer) known as József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian journalist and priest (d. 1936)
3rd » George Wilkinson (water polo) e.g George Wilkinson, English water polo player (d. 1946)
4th » Josip Murn Aleksandrov, Slovenian poet (d. 1901)
4th » Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet (d. 1951)
5th » William Beveridge, Indian-English economist (d. 1963)
5th » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)