Famous Birthdays Mar 6 Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779) Mar 21 Josef Seger [Segert], Czech composer, organist, and educator, born in Řepín, Bohemia (d. 1782) Born in 1716 Famous Deaths Mar 8 Harald Vallerius, Swedish composer and teacher (1697 choral book), dies at 69 Mar 10 Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, Austrian composer, dies at 48 Mar 13 Georg Gabriel Schutz, German composer, dies at 46 Feb 1716 History by Year Apr 1716 What Happened in 1716 Battle of PetrovaradinAugust 5, 1716