Historical Events Mar 1 Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians Mar 3 1st tavern in Boston (Mass) opens (Samuel Cole) Mar 13 First meeting of what would become the Academie Francaise in Paris at the house of Valentin Conrart Mar 25 Under charter granted to Lord Baltimore and led by his brother Leonard Calvert first settlers found Catholic colony of Maryland Famous Birthdays Mar 16 Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist Mar 20 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) 1633 History by Year 1635