Historical Events
Haydn's The Clock
Mar 3 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D ("The Clock") at the Hanover Rooms, in London
- Mar 3 Richard Allen founded African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Mar 12 Theatre Royal in London's Dury Lane opens after being rebuilt
Cotton Gin Machine
Mar 14 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states [1]
Kościuszko Uprising
Mar 23 Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko returns to Kraków, Poland to led the Kościuszko Uprising against Russian and Prussian control
- Mar 27 Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact
- Mar 27 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- Mar 28 Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau
- Mar 28 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 5 Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician and astronomer (contributions to optics), born in Lusignan, France (d. 1872)
- Mar 5 Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)
- Mar 16 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)
- Mar 26 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and designer who figured importantly in the German Nazarene movement, born in Leipzig, Saxony (d. 1872)
- Mar 31 Thompson McKennan, American politician who served as the 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1852)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 4 Henri de La Rochejacquelin, French Royalist Army leader, dies at 21
Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794)
Mar 28 Marquis de Condorcet, French enlightenment philosopher (Condorcet Method) and mathematician, is murdered or commits suicide in prison at 50
