Historical Events Mar 3 Duke Bernard of Saxe-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden Mar 22 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony Mar 29 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) Famous Birthdays Mar 14 Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and religious leader, born in Regensburg, Germany (d. 1710) Mar 15 Shunzhi Emperor of China (1644-1661) Third Qing Emperor, born in Shengjing (d. 1661) Mar 23 Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist Famous Deaths Mar 8 Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 Mar 19 Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66 Mar 26 Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1637 History by Year 1639