Historical Events Mar 28 Parliament sends an address to the king requesting that he demand redress from Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) Famous Birthdays Mar 11 Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792) Mar 15 Cesare Beccaria, Italian criminologist and politician, born in Milan (d. 1794) Famous Deaths Mar 16 George Bähr, German architect (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 Mar 25 Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670) 1737 History by Year 1739