Benjamin Harrison
Mar 4 Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd US President
- Mar 9 Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV
- Mar 9 Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in US
- Mar 12 Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated
- Mar 12 Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth
- Mar 14 August Strindberg's "Froken Julie" premieres in Copenhagen
- Mar 15 6 US & German warships sunk by a typhoon in Apia harbour, Samoa, 200 die
- Mar 23 The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London
- Mar 25 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town v England
- Mar 26 English cricketer Johnny Briggs takes 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) at Newlands as South Africa are all out for 47 with Bernard Tancred not out on 26, then follow-on and are again all out for 43
- Mar 29 51st Grand National: Jockey Tommy Beasley wins his third GN aboard Irish 2-time runner-up Frigate at 8/1
Eiffel Tower Opens
Mar 31 Eiffel Tower officially opens, for dignitaries and an award ceremony, in Paris, France; designed by Gustave Eiffel and built for the Exposition Universelle, at 300m high it retains the record for the tallest man made structure for 41 years
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