Events in History Mar 3 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms Birthdays in History Mar 3 Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861) Mar 16 Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861) Deaths in History Mar 4 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79 Mar 14 Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753) 1804 On This Day in History 1806