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March 1, 1754Born on Saturday March 2, 1754
- Antoine CHAVIGNé, ( Saint-Etienne-de-Chomeil, 15400, Cantal, Auvergne, France († 1802)
- Alle Mennes, Groningen († 1782)
- Angelina WILLAERT, Gits
- Anne Eelzes Sinnema, Oenkerk, Tietjersteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1832)
- Aleidis Kok, Denekamp
- Adrianus DE RIDDER, Ekeren, 2180, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1817)
- Antonius van der Linde, Aarle-Rixtel
- Anne AElses Sinnema, Oenkerk († 1832)
- Alice Rymer, Banks, Lancashire, England († 1804)
- Anne Marie Segers, Wemmel († 1846)
Died on Saturday March 2, 1754
- Georg Keller (80), Basel (CH)
- Ann Sears (63), Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England
- Joanna Coomans (0), Loon op Zand
- Benoît COILLARD (45), Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy,69870,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
- Henderske Hendriks (36), Brummen
- Cornelia Bartholomeus Weckers (70), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aeghje Engelen van Vinckesteijn, Voors
- Elisabeth LANDTUYT (80), Hingene Belgie
- Christina Christijenken [de Kemp] Cornelissen (83), Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant
- Jacobus Gijsbertus Haubraecke (37), Best
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 2, 1754 at Delpher
Born on March 2
- 1705 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1793)
- 1740 » Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (d.1821)
- 1760 » Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician († 1794)
- 1769 » DeWitt Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York († 1828)
- 1770 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general († 1826)
- 1779 » Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War († 1851)
- 1793 » Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas († 1863)
- 1800 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian-Italian poet and philosopher († 1844)
- 1810 » Pope Leo XIII († 1903)
- 1816 » Alexander Bullock, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Massachusetts († 1882)
Died on March 2
- 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
- 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
- 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
- 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
- 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
- 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
- 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
- 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
- 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
- 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
Names that were popular for boys in 1754
Names that were popular for girls in 1754
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1754
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
- May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
- July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Weather March 2, 1754
The temperature on March 2, 1754 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken.