Historical Events Historic Event Mar 25 Construction begins on evangelist George Whitefield's Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia Anglican Preacher George Whitefield Famous Birthdays Mar 6 Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica) Mar 19 Johann Georg Roser, composer Mar 24 John Antes, American composer and missionary, born in Frederick, Pennsylvania (d. 1811) 1739 History by Year 1741 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists