Historical Events Mar 3 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms Famous Birthdays Mar 3 Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861) Mar 5 Theodore Labarre, composer Mar 16 Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861) Mar 30 Adrien de La Fage, composer Famous Deaths Mar 4 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79 Mar 14 Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753) Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1804 History by Year 1806