About the day » Monday March 3, 1766Calender converter

• Anna Margaretha (Marguerite) Korffs (Curffs,Curfs, Corffs, Keurfs,Curvers, Kurfs, Cörffs, C�rffs), Grijzegrubben, Nederland
• Anna Catherine Miller (Fudge) Fuchs\Fox, Monroe Co., Virginia
• Anna Margaretha Corffs, Grijzebgrubben Nuth
• Antje Sas, Amersfoort
• Gerarda van der Sluijs, Amsterdam († 1784)
• Ellis Sanders
• Francois Alewyn Smit b4c5d10, Cape († 1831)
• Albert Oever, ten, Assen († 1838)
• Anna Catharina SPÉE, Sint-Petrus Leut
• Anna Barbara Goolaers, Herentals, Antwerpen, België († 1820)

• Andreas Strijbosch (67), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arij TURFFKLOOT (94), Dordrecht
• Hielkje Eelkes Bruynsma (46), Ypecolsga
• Anna Susanna SCHWEITZER (60), Schwarzenholz-Saarlouis, Saarland
• Aaltie Jacobse van Amstel (79), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje van Amstel (79), Haarlem, Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
• Clara Hertoghe van Feringa, de (20), Groningen, Grote Markt (geregistreerd)
• Henricus Abbeloos (3), Buggenhout
• Franciscus Mattheus Raman (0), Zeveneken
• Elisabeth Verreet (30), Nijlen, Antwerp, Belgium

• 1756 » William Godwin, English journalist and author († 1836)
• 1778 » Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1841)
• 1793 » William Macready, English actor and manager († 1873)
• 1800 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist († 1862)
• 1803 » Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers († 1889)
• 1805 » Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician († 1861)
• 1816 » William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter († 1858)
• 1819 » Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist († 1912)
• 1825 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1879)
• 1831 » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company († 1897)

• 1700 » Chhatrapati Rajaram, 3rd Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire (b. 1670)
• 1703 » Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (b. 1635)
• 1706 » Johann Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1744 » Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (b. 1674)
• 1765 » William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1687)
• 1768 » Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
• 1792 » Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
• 1850 » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Pieter
4. Johannes
5. Joannes
6. Hendrik
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Grietje
10. Trijntje
11. Neeltje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
• March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
• May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
• July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
• December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
• December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

The temperature on March 3, 1766 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.