Famous Birthdays Mar 9 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) Mar 13 Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer, born in Geneva (d. 1793) Mar 22 Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect who introduced Neoclassical architecture to Denmark, (d. 1799) Famous Deaths Mar 6 Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63 Mar 8 Georg Bronner, German composer and organist, dies at 53 1719 History by Year 1721