Editing 1861 (section)

=== March ===
* [[March 3]] ([[February 19]] O.S.) &ndash; [[Emancipation reform of 1861]]: [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] abolishes [[serfdom]] in the [[Russian Empire]].
[[File:Abraham Lincoln inauguration 1861.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[March 4]]: [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]] inaugurated]]
[[File:CSA FLAG 4.3.1861-21.5.1861.svg|thumb|165px|right| [[March 4]]: [[Confederate flag]]]]
[[File:Map of American Civil War in 1861.svg|thumb|200px|right|1861: [[American Civil War]]]]
* [[March 4]] [[American Civil War]]: The "[[Stars and Bars (flag)|Stars and Bars]]" is adopted as the flag of the [[Confederate States of America]].
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[El Hadj Umar Tall]] seizes the city of [[Ségou]], destroying the [[Bamana Empire]] of [[Mali]].
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Constitution of the Confederate States|Constitution]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] is adopted.
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Tsushima incident]]: The Russian corvette ''Posadnik'' arrives at [[Tsushima Island]] in the [[Korea Strait]], Japan, provoking a reaction from the Japanese Shogunate.
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Unification of Italy]]: The [[Kingdom of Italy]] is proclaimed by the new Parliament, with [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy|Victor Emmanuel II]] of [[Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia|Piedmont-Sardinia]] becoming its [[Monarch|king]].
* [[March 19]] &ndash; The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in New Zealand.
* [[March 20]]
** [[Unification of Italy]]: The surrender of [[Civitella del Tronto]] ends the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]].
** [[1861 Mendoza earthquake|An earthquake]] completely destroys [[Mendoza, Argentina]].
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Alexander Stephens]], [[Vice President of the Confederate States of America|Vice President of the Confederacy]], gives the infamous ''[[Cornerstone Speech]]'' in [[Savannah, Georgia]], in which he declares that slavery is the natural condition of blacks, and the foundation of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]].
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[Confederate Arizona]]: A convention in modern-day Tucson ratifies the ordinance of secession of the southern part of [[New Mexico Territory]]. 
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Discovery of the chemical elements]]: British chemist [[William Crookes]] announces his discovery of [[thallium]].