What Happened in March 1805

Historical Events

  • Mar 3 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 3 Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician (first president of the Swiss Confederation), born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 1861)
  • Mar 5 Theodore Labarre, French composer and harpist, born in Paris, France (d. 1870)
  • Mar 16 Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
  • Mar 30 Adrien de La Fage, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1862)

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 4 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79
  • Mar 14 Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)