Historical Events Mar 2 The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England Mar 31 A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy Famous Birthdays Mar 26 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, Spanish theorist and composer, born in Las Herencias, Toledo, Spain (d. 1779) Mar 31 Florian Wrastill, composer Famous Deaths Mar 3 Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 Mar 19 John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1716 History by Year 1718