Historical Events
- Mar 20 Iranian ruler Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 5 Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)
- Mar 16 George Clymer, American merchant (signed US Declaration of Independence, Constitution)
- Mar 19 Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
- Mar 20 Eligio Celestino, composer
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