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Famous People Born in March 1765

  • Mar 4 Charles Dibdin, British composer, author (Sea Songs), and actor, baptized in Hampshire, England (d. 1814)
  • Mar 6 Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist and botanist (Flora Batava), born in Amsterdam (d. 1849)

Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833)

Mar 7 French inventor and pioneer of photography, born in Chalon-sur-Saône, France

  • Mar 18 David Hendrik Chasse, Dutch general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), born in Tiel, Netherlands (d. 1849)
  • Mar 21 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch-English baron and diplomat (Dutch ambassador to London) (d. 1838)
  • Mar 27 Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologist, born in Munich (d. 1841)