Sibelius' 2nd Symphony
Mar 8 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony, his most popular, by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society
Movie Camera not Invented by Edison
Mar 10 A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera
- Mar 10 Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
Verklärte Nacht
Mar 18 Arnold Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht" premieres in Vienna
Caruso Makes a Record
Mar 18 Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
- Mar 18 Turkey grants Germany syndicate the first concession to construct a railroad through Turkish territory to Baghdad, to be linked to Berlin
- Mar 20 France and Russia issue a joint declaration that approves the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, but stipulates that they have the right to protect interests in China and Korea
- Mar 21 64th Grand National: David Read aboard 20/1 chance Shannon Lass wins by 3 lengths from Matthew
- Mar 25 In Russia, 567 students are tried for rioting and 'political disaffection' are found guilty; 95 are banished to Siberia
- Mar 25 Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine
- Mar 28 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
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