March

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March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Named for Mars, the Roman god of war.

In ancient Rome, March was called Martius. It was named after the war god (Mars) and was considered a lucky time to begin a war. In ancient Hellenic civilization, March was called Anthesterion.

Table of contents

1 Events in March 2 Trivia 3 See Also: 4 lockstep 5 breakstep

Events in March

• March 25th, Mother's Day celebrated in the UK.
• Easter occurs on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, inclusive.
• St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17.

Trivia

• In March the Sun passes through zodiac constellations Aquarius and Pisces.
• March begins on the same day of the week as November in all years and as February on regular years.
• The signs of the zodiac within the month of March are Pisces and Aries.

See Also:

• January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

• Historical anniversaries

• March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
• Or a less condensed format:

March
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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A march is also a genre of music, originally written for and performed by marching bands.

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March (German) / Morava (Slovak, Czech) is the name of a Czech river forming the major part of the border between Austria and Slovakia, and partly also between the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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March is also the name of a municipality in the rural district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Germany

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lockstep

Lockstep occurs when soldiers or bandsmen walk in step, each at the same rate.

breakstep

Breakstep is the uncoordinated shuffle of a group of walkers.