1852 - Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established
1857 - The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, DC becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
... Seuss, author (+ 1991)
March 8 - Victor de Kowa[?], actor (+ 1973)
March 6 - Joseph Schmidt[?], tenor (+ 1942)
March 7 - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi official
March 20 - ...