Events in History Mar 20 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings Birthdays in History Mar 1 François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794) Mar 2 Camille Desmoulins, French journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader Mar 28 Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation), born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1846) Weddings in History Mar 5 Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg 1759 On This Day in History 1761