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 (English Baroque) Mar 26 Georg Balthasar Schott, German composer, dies at 49 1735 History by Year 1737