About the day » Sunday March 1, 1772Calender converter

• Ageta Vrijsteijn, Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria VAN BALLAERT, Weelde,2381,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1808)
• Andries KRUITHOF, Mijnsheerenland
• Van Ballaert Adriana Maria, Weelde, Antwerpen, België († 1808)
• Altien Martens, Harderwijk
• Albert Alderts Meijer, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1840)
• Christiaan Sloezerweij, Doorn († 1784)
• Aaltje Strakenbroek, Ter Aar († 1774)
• Aaltje Harmens, Oldeboorn, Friesland, Nederland
• Adam Haucke, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland († 1772)

• Catherine BABY dit DUPERON (0), Sandwich, Ontario, Canada
• Jacobus Vangheluwe (75), Vichte, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Cornelia Cornelisdr van der KLUGT (78), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beatrix Hamelers (66), Maastricht-Sint-Catharinakerk
• Eva Houke (0), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anne White (86), Brookline, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Elizabeth Tracy (34)
• Gracia Joseph Hana Mendes Coutinho (58), Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
• Gryttje (Grietje, Grytje) Jans, Ee, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertina Adriana van Rijssel (62), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland

• 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)

• 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)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)

• 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)
• January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
• June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
• June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
• August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
• August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
• September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

The temperature on March 1, 1772 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: droog.