March 12
1795 William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian politician and journalist, was born.
1821 Sir John Abbott, Canadian lawyer, statesman & prime minister 1891-2, was born.
1831 Clement Studebaker, American manufacturer; leader in the auto industry, was born.
1835 Simon Newcomb, Canadian-born American astronomer and mathematician, was born.
1930 Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Salt March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
March 13
1781 The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
1855 Percival Lowell, the American astronomer who helped discover Pluto and believed that there was life on Mars, was born.
1884 Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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