March 3rd
- 1817 – First commercial steamboat route from Louisville to New Orleans was opened.
- 1825 – William Evans Arthur born.
- 1825 – William Lowther "Mudwall" Jackson, Jr. born.
- 1847 – William H. Horsfall born.
- 1858 – Monk Cline born.
- 1876 – Kentucky Meat Shower incident in Bath County.
- 1890 – John McMurtry died, aged 77.
- 1898 – Thomas R. Underwood born.
- 1910 – Kittens Reichert born.
- 1978 – Yeremiah Bell born.
- 1985 – Sarah Gibson Blanding died, aged 86.
