On This Day

What Happened in March 1758

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 9 Franz Joseph Gall, German-French physician (phrenology), born in Tiefenbronn, Germany (d. 1828)
  • Mar 12 Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general and politician [or March 22]
  • Mar 26 Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 2 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78
  • Mar 6 Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)

Person of interestJonathan Edwards

Mar 22 Jonathan Edwards, American Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), dies at 54

Christian Preacher and Philosopher Jonathan Edwards
Christian Preacher and Philosopher
Jonathan Edwards
  • Mar 22 Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer, dies at 87