What Happened in March 1723

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 5 Princess Mary of Great Britain, born at Leicester House, Westminster, London, England (d. 1772)
  • Mar 23 Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)
  • Mar 25 Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], Dutch political protester in Rotterdam (orangism), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1798)
  • Mar 31 Frederick V, King of Denmark-Norway (1746-66), born in Copenhagen Castle, Copenhagen (d. 1766)

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 15 Johann C. Gunther, German poet, dies at 27
  • Mar 31 Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey, dies at 61