Historical Events
- Mar 31 Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and King John III Sobieski of Poland sign a covenant against Turkey, beginning of the Holy League
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, wife of King George II of Great Britain, born in Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1737)
- Mar 1 Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (1697-1706), born at Urgelling Monastery (d. 1706)
- Mar 11 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (d. 1742)
- Mar 13 John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British natural philosopher and freemason, born in La Rochelle, France (d. 1744)