Famous Birthdays
- Mar 6 Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (studied Sun's spectrum)
Karl Ferdinand von Graefe
Mar 8 Karl Ferdinand von Graefe, German surgeon who helped create modern plastic surgery, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1840)
Famous Weddings
Horatio Nelson
Mar 11 Naval officer Horatio Nelson (28) weds Frances Nisbet at Montpelier Estate on the island of Nevis