Events in March

• American Red Cross Month
• Colorectal Cancer awareness month
  Fire Prevention Month (The Philippines)
  Women's History Month (United States)
  The wearing of a Martenitsa in Bulgaria and Mărţişor in Romania, March 1
  Saint David's Day, March 1
  National Reading Day (United States), March 2
  Texas Independence Day, March 2: State holiday in Texas, United States
  Mardi Gras (February 3 to March 9 in regular years, February 4 to March 9 in leap years)
  Ash Wednesday (February 4 to March 10 in regular years, February 5 to March 10 in leap years)
  World Maths Day, the 1st Wednesday in March
  International Women's Day, March 8
  Pluto Planet Day (New Mexico), March 13
  White Day(Asia), March 14
  Pi Day, March 14
  Save a Spider Day, March 14
  The Ides of March, the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar by Brutus, Cassius, Casca and others (March 15)
  Anniversary of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution, March 15
  Saint Patrick's Day, March 17
  Saint Joseph's Day, March 19
  The equinox, named the vernal or spring equinox in the northern hemisphere and the autumnal equinox in the southern hemisphere, occurs on dates varying from March 19 to March 21 (in UTC)
  Nowruz: New Year's Day in Iran and several other countries; also a holiday in Turkey and Central Asian countries as well, celebrated on the day of the equinox
  Good Friday, a Friday between March 20 and April 23, being the last Friday before Easter
  Human Rights' Day (South Africa), March 21
  Easter, the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21, sometimes in April
  World Water Day, March 22
  Pakistan Day, March 23
  Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship, March 23
  Annunciation, March 25
  Celebration of the Greek War of Independence, March 25, 1821
  Last day of Japanese fiscal year and school calendar, March 31. Hanami, the traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, starts around this time of the year.
  Prince Kūhiō Day, March 26: state holiday in the State of Hawaii, United States
  Bangladeshi Independence Day, March 26, 1971
  March's birthstone is aquamarine and bloodstone. They mean courage.
  Its birth flower is the Narcissus (plant)