Events in History Mar 28 Parliament sends an address to the king requesting that he demand redress from Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) Birthdays in History Mar 11 Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792) Mar 15 Cesare Beccaria, Italian criminologist and politician, born in Milan (d. 1794) Deaths in History Mar 16 George Bähr, German architect (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 1737 Pure History by Year 1739 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists