Birthdays in History Mar 4 Aert Schouman, Dutch bird and portrait painter (d. 1792) Mar 4 George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (d. 1777) Mar 13 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal, born in Oundle, Northamptonshire (d. 1797) Deaths in History Mar 7 Steven Jacobsz Vennekool, Amsterdam architect, buried 1718 Pure History by Year 1720 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists