Timeline March 1754

Events in March 1754 4

• 1694 – 1754 Henry Pelham (1694-1754) Died 6 March 1754, aged 59 Pelham served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death, leading the Treasury through the aftermath of the War of the Austrian Succession and a period of relative political stability. His death in office prompted his brother, the Duke of Newcastle, to succeed him as Prime Minister.
• 1754 – 1793 Manon Roland (1754-1793) Died 8 November 1793, aged 39 A salon hostess and influential voice among the Girondin faction, Manon Roland was guillotined in Paris after being accused of counter-revolutionary conspiracy. Her memoirs, written in prison, became an important account of the Revolution's early years.
• 1754 – 1812 Joel Barlow (1754-1812) Died 24 December 1812, aged 58 Joel Barlow was an American poet and diplomat best known for his epic poem "The Columbiad" and for serving as US minister to France. He died near Zarnowiec in Poland while traveling to meet Napoleon during the retreat from Russia. His death came amid the brutal winter conditions afflicting the collapsing French army.
• 1754 – 1785 Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754-1785) Died 15 June 1785, aged 31 Pilâtre de Rozier was a French chemistry and physics teacher who in 1783 became one of the first humans to fly, piloting a Montgolfier hot air balloon. He died near Wimereux when his hybrid hydrogen-and-hot-air balloon caught fire during an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to England. His death is regarded as the first fatal accident in the history of aviation.