Timeline March 1862

Events in March 1862 2

• 1862 – 1934 Siegbert Tarrasch German chess theoretician Siegbert Tarrasch helped popularize classical positional principles and wrote influential chess books that shaped modern chess instruction.
• 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads First battle between ironclad warships The Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia fought the Union ironclad USS Monitor to a tactical draw in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. The battle marked the end of the wooden warship era and accelerated ironclad construction by navies worldwide.