Historical Events
The Spectator
Mar 1 Richard Steele and Joseph Addison publish the 1st edition of "The Spectator" in London to "enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality"
- Mar 8 Antoin de Guiscard, a French and English spy, fails in an attempt to murder English Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Harley; Harley survives stabbing, and Guiscard dies later from injuries sustained in the fracas
Famous Birthdays
- Mar 1 Peregrinus Pogl, German composer, born in Sandau (d. 1788)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 13 Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic, dies at 74
- Mar 15 Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (b. 1645)
- Mar 19 Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
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