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What Happened in March 1699

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Historical Events

  • Mar 2 French Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville is the first European to discover the mouth of the Mississippi river [1]
  • Mar 4 Jews are expelled from residing in Lübeck, Germany

Events in 1699

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 23 John Bartram, naturalist and explorer, father of American botany, born near Darby, Pennsylvania (d. 1777)
  • Mar 25 Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (Antonio e Cleopatra), baptized in Bergedorf, GermanyHamberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1873)
Born in 1699

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 12 Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman, dies at 63

Historical Figures

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