On This Day

What Happened in March 1716

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 6 Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
  • Mar 21 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 8 Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69
  • Mar 10 Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48
  • Mar 13 Georg Gabriel Schutz, German composer, dies at 46


What Happened in 1716