Famous Birthdays Mar 25 Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, German Baroque composer and organist, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1747) Born in 1688 Famous Deaths Mar 9 Claude Mellan, French engraver, cartoonist and painter, dies at 89 Feb 1688 History by Year Apr 1688 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists