What Happened in March 1678

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 3 Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old), born in Verchères, New France (d. 1747)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Mar 4 Baroque violin virtuoso and composer (The Four Seasons), born in Venice

  • Mar 7 Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, born in Messina, Italy (d. 1736)
  • Mar 15 Dominique Marie Valet, French Roman Catholic bishop and missionary (Diocese of Quebec), born in Paris, France (d. 1742)