3rd » The Siege of Corfu (1798–99) called Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
7th » Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte Siege of Jaffa captures Jaffa, Israel Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1799
8th » Simon Cameron, American politician, 26th United States Secretary of War (d. 1889)
20th » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839)
29th » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)