Historical Events
- Mar 8 Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 9 Aleksander Orłowski, Polish painter, cartoonist and graphic artist, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1832)
- Mar 17 Roger B. Taney, 5th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-64) who delivered the majority Dred Scott decision, born in Calvert, Maryland (d. 1864)
- Mar 19 Anton Reinhard Falck, Dutch statesman and diplomat (advisor to King William I), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1843)
- Mar 31 Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (d. 1859)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 1 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court) composer and pianist, dies at 62
