Historical Events
Nathanael Greene Quartermaster General
Mar 2 Nathanael Greene is appointed Quartermaster General of the Continental Army under George Washington
Cook Sights Oregon Coast
Mar 7 Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast at Yaquina Bay
- Mar 13 France informs Great Britain of their Treaty of Alliance with the US; Great Britain responds with a declaration of war against France four days later
- Mar 15 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island discovered by Captain James Cook
- Mar 17 Britain declares war on France, due to French alliance with US
- Mar 22 Captain James Cook sights Cape Flattery, now in Washington state
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 3 Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover as the wife of King Ernest Augustus (1837-41), born in Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1841)
- Mar 8 Friedrich August Kanne, Austrian-German composer, born in Delitzsch, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1833)
- Mar 19 Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish politician and British army general, born in Pakenham Hall, County Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1815)
- Mar 31 Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (d. 1858)
Famous Deaths
Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
Mar 5 British composer (Rule Britannia, A-Hunting We Will Go), dies at 67
