Famous Birthdays Mar 18 Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759) Famous Deaths Mar 16 John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) Mar 26 Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) Mar 27 Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 1678 History by Year 1680