Famous Birthdays
- Mar 5 Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, harpsichordist, mandolin player, composer, and opera conductor, born in Choteč, Bohemia, Habsburg Empire (d. 1829)
James Madison (1751-1836)
Mar 16 4th US President (1809-17), born in Port Conway, Virginia
- Mar 29 Supply Belcher, American composer and singer (The Harmony of Maine), born in Stoughton, Massachusetts (d. 1836)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 20 Frederick Louis, English royal (Prince of Wales) and son of George II, dies at 44
- Mar 21 Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
- Mar 25 Frederick of Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74
- Mar 29 Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist (Founder of the Foundling Hospital), dies at 83
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