Historical Events Mar 31 Bellevue Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse - 1st public hospital in the US Famous Birthdays Mar 23 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka (d. 1785) Famous Deaths Mar 16 Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 Mar 25 Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect Mar 26 Georg Balthasar Schott, German composer, dies at 49 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1735 History by Year 1737