- 3 March 1920 - A bill to constitute the Indian Red Cross Society, Independent of the British Red Cross, was introduced in the Indian Legislative Council
- 4 March 1970 - After 167 years of male-only membership, the first female members of the Demosthenian Literary Society were inducted
- 12 March 1888 - Death of Henry Bergh (pictured), founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
- 25 March 1973 - First admission of women into the Friar Society