Historical Events
- Mar 17 St. Patrick's Day is first celebrated in NYC at the Crown & Thistle Tavern
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 3 William Godwin, English philosopher and political writer (Caleb Williams), born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1836)
- Mar 4 Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (portrait painter of George IV), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1823)
- Mar 5 Thomas Linley the younger, English composer and musician "English Mozart", born in Bath, England (d. 1778)
- Mar 18 Johann Christoph Vogel, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1788)
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