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Type	Date Span	Title
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, March 5, 1861	Confederate diplomats arrive in Washington DC
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, March 6, 1861	After weeks of refusal, the commander of Fort Brown in Texas surrenders and marches his men to the coast
Crime/Disasters	Fri, March 8, 1861	A coal mining explosion in the Rhondda Valley of South Wales kills fourteen and injures others
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, March 9, 1861	In Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate Congress passes a bill to create the Confederate Army
Campaigns/Elections	Sun, March 10, 1861	In Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania legislature postpones the Philadelphia municipal election
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, March 11, 1861	In Washington, DC, Confederate diplomats request a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, March 11, 1861	Confederate States Constitution adopted in Montgomery, Alabama
US/the World	Mon, March 11, 1861	In western Africa, El-Hajj Umar Tall destroys the Bambara Empire of Mali
Crime/Disasters	Tue, March 12, 1861	American sailing ship sinks in North Atlantic and fifty-three passengers and crew drown
US/the World	Thu, March 14, 1861	The Chamber of Deputies in Turin votes a new kingdom of Italy with Victor Emmanuel II as king
Personal	Thu, March 14, 1861 - Tue, March 3, 1863	David Wilmot serves in the United States Senate
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, March 15, 1861	Secretary of State Seward refuses to recognize the Confederate diplomats sent to Washington DC
US/the World	Sat, March 16, 1861	The Duchess of Kent, mother of the reigning Queen Victoria, dies at her home near Windsor
Crime/Disasters	Sat, March 16, 1861	Irish fishermen rescue fifteen survivors from wrecked American sailing ship
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, March 16, 1861	The Congress of the Confederate States ends its first session in Montgomery, Alabama
Crime/Disasters	Sat, March 16, 1861	Survivors of a shipwreck on the barren Florida coast endure several days of hardships before rescue
US/the World	Sun, March 17, 1861	Victor Emmanuel II signs the declaration of the new united kingdom of Italy
US/the World	Mon, March 18, 1861	In New Zealand, the First Waranaki War between settlers and the native Maori ends
US/the World	Mon, March 18, 1861	Santo Domingo, after seventeen years of independence, reverts to Spanish colonial rule
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, March 18, 1861	In Florida, Confederate authorities ban the locals from resupplying Fort Pickens and the U.S. Navy
Business/Industry	Tue, March 19, 1861	Philadelphia banks resume specie payments
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, March 20, 1861	Philadelphia Democrats protest the postponement of the city elections
Crime/Disasters	Wed, March 20, 1861	In Argentina, thousands die when an earthquake devastates the city of Mendoza and its surroundings
Crime/Disasters	Wed, March 20, 1861	Schooner crew has a lucky escape during a storm of the East Coast
Slavery/Abolition	Thu, March 21, 1861	In Georgia, Vice-President A.H. Stephens pronounces slavery the foundation of the new Confederacy
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, March 22, 1861	In Mississippi, Governor Pettus provides two regiments of infantry to the new Confederate Army
Education/Culture	Sat, March 23, 1861	In London, Oxford wins the eighteenth annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, March 26, 1861	A secessionist flag flies near the Frankford Arsenal in north-east Philadelphia
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, March 27, 1861	Philadelphia Constitutional Unionists support the postponement of the city elections
Crime/Disasters	Thu, March 28, 1861 - Fri, March 29, 1861	In New York City, thousands of newly-bound books burn in a massive fire