Historical Events
- Mar 19 Explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 7 Jean Lebeuf, French historian, born in Auxerre, France (d. 1760)
- Mar 16 Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757)
- Mar 30 Johann Balthasar Freisslich, German organist, composer, and Kapellmeister (Marienkirche (Danzig), 1731-64), baptized in Immelborn, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1764)
