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=== March === {{Main|March 1910}} * [[March]] β [[Albanian revolt of 1910]]: An uprising against Ottoman rule breaks out in [[Ottoman Albania|Albania]]. * [[March 1]] β The [[Wellington, Washington avalanche]] sweeps away two [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]] [[passenger train]]s in the [[Cascade Mountains]], killing 96, making it the worst [[snowslide]] accident in [[United States]] history.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gary|last=Krist|author-link=Gary Krist (writer)|title=The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche|publisher=Henry Holt & Co|year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-10-worst-snow-disaste|date=2004-02-16|journal=[[Scientific American]]|access-date=2012-01-03|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104221030/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-10-worst-snow-disaste|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 3]] β [[Morocco]] signs accords with France in Paris, permitting the French to occupy [[Casablanca]] and [[Oujda]] in return for military training, as part of refinancing of loans.<ref>{{cite book|first=C. R.|last=Pennell|title=Morocco Since 1830: A History|publisher=New York University Press|year=2000|page=147}}</ref> * [[March 4]] β The [[1910 Rogers Pass avalanche|Rogers Pass avalanche]] buries a group of [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] workers clearing tracks in the [[Selkirk Mountains]] at [[Rogers Pass (British Columbia)]], making it the worst snowslide accident in Canadian history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factualtv.com/documentary/Disasters-of-the-century-Rogers-Pass-Avalanche|title=Disasters of the century β Rogers Pass Avalanche|publisher=Factual TV|access-date=April 1, 2023|archive-date=April 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420083006/http://www.factualtv.com/documentary/Disasters-of-the-century-Rogers-Pass-Avalanche|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[March 8]] β In [[France]], [[Raymonde de Laroche]] is awarded [[Pilot's license]] No. 36 by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, becoming the first woman authorized to fly an airplane.<ref>{{cite book|first=Eileen F.|last=Lebow|title=Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation|url=https://archive.org/details/beforeameliawome00lebo|url-access=registration|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Brassey's, Inc.|year=2002|isbn=1-57488-482-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/beforeameliawome00lebo/page/14 14]}}</ref> * [[March 10]] ** [[Slavery in China]], which has existed since the [[Shang dynasty]], is now made illegal. ** [[Nazareth Baptist Church]], an [[African-initiated church]], is founded by Prophet [[Isaiah Shembe]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8458829.stm|title=Unholy row over World Cup trumpet|access-date=2010-01-16|last=Fisher|first=Jonah|date=2010-01-16|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|archive-date=July 11, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711124139/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8458829.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 12]] β American actress [[Florence Lawrence]] becomes "the first true movie star" after being named in advertisements, having previously been billed only as "The Biograph Girl".<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Robinson|title=From Peep Show to Palace: The Birth of American Film|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=1996|pages=159β161}}</ref> * [[March 17]] β Progressive Republicans in the [[United States House of Representatives]] rebel against Speaker [[Joseph Gurney Cannon]], removing him from the Rules Committee and stripping him of his power to appoint committee chairmen. * [[March 18]] β The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's ''[[Frankenstein (1910 film)|Frankenstein]]'' comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor [[Charles Stanton Ogle|Charles Ogle]] (unbilled) as the monster. * [[March 20]] β The first clinic for treatment of [[occupational disease]]s is opened in [[Milan]] (Italy).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fielding|first1=H.|last2=Garrison|first2=M. D.|title=An Introduction to the History of Medicine: With Medical Chronology, Suggestions for Study and Bibliographic Data|publisher=W.B. Saunders Co.|year=1917|page=775}}</ref> * [[March 22]] β [[President of the United States]] [[William H. Taft]] gives an American endorsement in favor of creating a "World Court" for the resolution of disputes between nations.<ref>{{cite book|first=Merle Eugene|last=Curti|title=Peace or War: The American Struggle, 1636-1936|publisher=W. W. Norton|year=1936|page=222|quote=the most dramatic event in the history of arbitration in the prewar years.}}</ref> * [[March 23]] β A rebellion by Rif tribesmen in Spanish Morocco is finally suppressed after 8 months. During the conflict, an estimated 8,000 Berbers and 2,000 Spanish soldiers have been killed. * [[March 27]] β A fire during a barn-dance in [[ΓkΓΆritΓ³fΓΌlpΓΆs]], Hungary, kills 312 people after ballroom decorations catch alight.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fire Toll May Reach 400|newspaper=Indianapolis Star|date=1910-03-29|page=2}}</ref>
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