- Mar 4 NY Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S. H. Horgan
A Salute To The Salvation Army
Mar 14 Salvation Army of England starts work in the US at Harry Hill's Variety Theatre in NYC
- Mar 19 42nd Grand National: Tommy Beasley aboard Irish 8/1 chance Empress wins by 2 lengths from defending champion The Liberator
- Mar 23 Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)
- Mar 24 Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT
- Mar 31 1st town to claim to be completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana)
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