Birthdays in History Mar 3 Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) Mar 28 Samuel Sewall, English-American judge and businessman, born in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England (d. 1730) Deaths in History Mar 21 Vredius [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian and mayor of Brugge, dies at 55 1651 On This Day in History 1653