Events in History
Event of Interest
Mar 5 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC
William Shakespeare
Birthdays in History
- Mar 5 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
- Mar 16 Caroline Herschel, German astronomer, (comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1848)
- Mar 20 Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)
- Mar 28 Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1816)
Deaths in History
- Mar 7 Cornelis Troost, Dutch portrait painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52