March 1: Disability Day of Mourning; Saint David's Day; Independence Day in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992); Yap Day in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
![Dmitri Mendeleev](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/%EB%93%9C%EB%AF%B8%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC_%EB%A9%98%EB%8D%B8%EB%A0%88%EC%98%88%ED%94%84.jpg/119px-%EB%93%9C%EB%AF%B8%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC_%EB%A9%98%EB%8D%B8%EB%A0%88%EC%98%88%ED%94%84.jpg) Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1562 – An attempt by Francis, Duke of Guise, to disperse a church service by Huguenots in Wassy, France, turned into a massacre, resulting in 50 dead, and starting the French Wars of Religion.
- 1869 – The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (pictured) finished his design of the first periodic table.
- 1921 – The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.
- 1936 – Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed.
- 1992 – A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War.
|