Mar 4 Aert Schouman, Dutch bird and portrait painter (d. 1792) Mar 4 George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (d. 1777) Mar 13 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal, born in Oundle, Northamptonshire (d. 1797) Mar 30 John Hawkins, English writer (A General History of the Science and Practice of Music; Life of Samuel Johnson), born in London (d. 1789) 1718 Famous Birthdays by Year 1720