Historical Events
- Mar 12 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 2 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1799)
- Mar 10 Philipp Christoph Kayser, German composer and pianist, born in Frankfurt (d. 1823)
- Mar 12 Georges Couthon, French politician and lawyer during French Revolution (worked closely with Robespierre in Legislative Assembly), born in Orcet, France (d. 1794)
- Mar 14 Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1789)
- Mar 24 Rufus King, American politician and framer of US constitution, born in Scarborough, Massachusetts (d. 1827)
