- Mar 4 California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation
James A. Garfield
Mar 4 James A. Garfield inaugurated as the 20th President of the United States of America
- Mar 4 Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson begin their 1st case together in "A Study in Scarlet"
Boer War Ceasefire
Mar 4 South African politician Paul Kruger accepts ceasefire during First Boer War
Alexander II
Mar 13 Alexander II of Russia is assassinated by members of far-left terror group 'People's Will' who throw a bomb at him in the city of St. Petersburg
The Greatest Show on Earth
Mar 18 Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as "The Greatest Show on Earth", debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York City following the merger of two existing circus groups [1]
- Mar 23 Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war
- Mar 23 Gas lamp sets fire to Théâtre Municipal” opera house in Nice, France; 70 die, and building completely destroyed
- Mar 25 43rd Grand National: Irish jockey Tommy Beasley wins his second consecutive GN aboard 11/2 co-favourite Woodbrook
- Mar 26 Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again
- Mar 27 Rioting takes place in Basingstoke, Hampshire in England, to protest against the Salvation Army's daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance
- Mar 28 "Greatest Show On Earth" formed by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey
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