March

March in The very rich hours of the Duke of Berry, principles s. XV.

In the Gregorian calendar, March is the third month of the year and has 31 days. Its name derives from the Latin Martius, which was the first month of the Roman calendar. Martius in turn derives from Mars, the name in Latin for Mars, Roman god of war.

During March, around the 20th or 21st (depending on the year), one of the two equinoxes of the year occurs. This is the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere and the autumnal equinox for the southern hemisphere.

For the Catholic Church, this month is dedicated to Saint Joseph of Nazareth.

Events in March

• This month the school year begins in the countries of the southern hemisphere.
• On March 1, Paraguay commemorates the Day of Heroes, in honor of Marshal Francisco Solano López.
• On March 1, 1885, the indigenous rebellion began in Huaraz led by Pedro Pablo Atusparia.
• The Day of the Balearic Islands (Spain) is celebrated on 1 March.
• On March 2, the day of the Dominican National Police was celebrated, which was founded that day in 1936.
• On March 3, the Festival de las Muñecas is held in Japan.
• March 8 is the International Women's Day.
• On March 10, 2020, the Bolivian government of President Jeanine Añez confirmed its first 2 cases of COVID-19 in the departments of Oruro and Santa Cruz.
• On March 10, it is the later date on which it can occur on Wednesday of ash, being the next, the year of 2038.
• On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared SARS-CoV-2 as a global pandemic.
• On March 15, 44 B.C. the Roman military and political Cayo Julio Cesar dies.
• On 17 March, San Patricio, the patron of Ireland, is celebrated.
• On March 18, the Day of Oil Expropriation is celebrated in Mexico, as President Lázaro Cárdenas decrees the nationalization of oil.
• On March 19, in Spain is Father's Day in honor of Saint Joseph's Day.
• March 20 is the International Day of Happiness declared by the UN.
• March 20 or 21 is, in the southern hemisphere, the first day of autumn; and in the northern hemisphere, the first day of spring.
• March 21 is World Poetry Day.
• The World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on March 21.
• World Water Day is celebrated on 22 March.
• On March 23, Bolivia celebrates the Day of the Sea, in a reminder of the Pacific War against Chile.
• On 24 March, the International Day of the Right to the Truth on Serious Violations of Human Rights and the Dignity of Victims, on the initiative of the United Nations to dignify the victims of historical events and human rights violations. This date is decided in relation to the murder of the former Archbishop of San Salvador Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero and Galdámez while celebrating the Eucharist, by a command of the ultra right Salvadoran led by the military Roberto d'Aubuisson on March 24, 1980, in the framework of the Civil War of El Salvador.
• On March 24, Argentina commemorates the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice in allusion to the 1976 coup d’etat
• On March 28, 1936, Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature was born in 2010.
• On March 28th in Vigo the feast of the Reconquest is celebrated, which commemorates the expulsion of the French of the city in 1809.
• Since 2007, Taco Day is celebrated every 31 March in Mexico.
• On March 31, 1995, Texana singer Selena was murdered by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar in Corpus Christi (Texas).
• On March 31, the International Day of Trans Visibility is celebrated.

Fictional days

• March 0, used in computing