March1771

March 1771 in History

Birthdays in History

Mar 10 Georg Friedrich Creuzer, German classical scholar (Idea und Probe), born in Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse (d. 1858)
Mar 22 Heinrich D. Zschokke, German Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf), born in Magdeburg, Prussia (d. 1848)

Weddings in History

Thomas Paine

Mar 26 Political activist Thomas Paine (34) weds second wife Elizabeth Ollive

Thomas Paine — Voice of the American Revolution Thomas Paine

Deaths in History

Mar 8 Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)
Mar 22 Gottlieb Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire), dies at 56
Mar 24 William Shirley, British Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (played an important role in Britain’s struggle against France for control of North America), dies at 76

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