Birthdays in History Mar 4 James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British statesman (d. 1763) Mar 7 Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist, born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1755) Mar 7 Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (d. 1759) Deaths in History Mar 11 Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish painter, dies at 80 Mar 17 Gilbert Burnet, Scottish philosopher and Bishop of Salisbury, dies at 71 1714 On This Day in History 1716