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, 1896
Day of Week 1st » Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Kingdom of Italy known as Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
1st » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
Day of Week 9th » Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
Day of Week 24th » Alexander Stepanovich Popov named A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1896
1st » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
1st » Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer (d. 1942)
3rd » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian (d. 1973)