About the day » Sunday March 1, 1761Calender converter

• Adamus Harden, Limbricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Roukens, Sas van Gent(ZL) († 1818)
• Johannes Clare Pronk, Scheveningen († 1819)
• Aart Pleunz Baan, Groot Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1815)
• Aalt Martens Nissink, Oene, Gelderland, NL († 1819)
• Aaltje Hoogerbrugge, Noord Waddinxveen
• Aafje Dirks Dorrepaal, Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Aaltjen te Lindert, Beggelder
• Aaltien_Lubberts van Grevenhof, Hierden, Harderwijk († 1838)
• Aaltje Lubberts van Grevenhof, Hierden († 1838)

• Kornelia Heijboer (56), Sint Maartensdijk
• Kornelia HEIJBOER (Batenburg) (56), Nederland
• Frank Besselsz Schuurman (4), Lunteren
• Cornelia Heijboer (56), Sint Maartensdijk
• Edmé Charles BRUCY (68), Presnoy, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France
• Dirck Raijmakers (77), Mill, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Cornelisz Jasperse (36)
• Anna Daniels van Bochoven (72), Hedikhuizen, Gemeente Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Simons BERGEIJK (5)
• Barbara Siegmann (44), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1732 » William Cushing, American lawyer and judge († 1810)
• 1760 » François Buzot, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general († 1796)
• 1807 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1898)
• 1810 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer († 1849)
• 1812 » Augustus Pugin, English architect, co-designed the Palace of Westminster († 1852)
• 1817 » Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor and educator († 1882)
• 1821 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic († 1896)
• 1835 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania († 1919)
• 1837 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, playwright, and critic († 1920)

• 1661 » Richard Zouch, English judge and politician (b. 1590)
• 1666 » Ecaterina Cercheza, princess consort of Moldavia (b. 1620)
• 1697 » Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (b. 1626)
• 1734 » Roger North, English lawyer and author (b. 1653)
• 1768 » Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and author (b. 1694)
• 1773 » Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect, designed the Palace of Caserta (b. 1700)
• 1792 » Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1731)
• 1792 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)

• 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 14 » The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
• September 8 » Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
• September 22 » George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• December 16 » Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.

The temperature on March 1, 1761 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by west. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.