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=== January&ndash; March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The foundation of [[Fort George, Bombay]] is laid by Colonel Keating, principal engineer, on the site of the former [[Dongri Fort]].{{cn|date=April 2024}}
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s home at [[Shadwell, Virginia]] is destroyed by fire, along with most of his books.<ref>Allen Jayne, ''Jefferson's Declaration of Independence: Origins, Philosophy, and Theology'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2015) p41</ref> 
* [[February 14]] &ndash; Scottish explorer [[James Bruce]] arrives at [[Gondar]], capital of [[Ethiopian Empire|Abyssinia]] (modern-day [[Ethiopia]]) and is received by the Emperor [[Tekle Haymanot II]] and Ras [[Mikael Sehul]].<ref>"Bruce, James", in ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 11th Edition, Volume IV (Cambridge University Press, 1911) p676</ref> 
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Christopher Seider]], an 11-year-old boy in [[Boston]] in the British [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], is shot and killed by a colonial official, Ebenezer Richardson. The funeral sets off anti-British protests that lead to the massacre days later.<ref>James Marten, ''Children in Colonial America'' (NYU Press, 2007) p173</ref>
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Boston Massacre]]: Eleven American men are shot (five fatally) by British troops, in an event that helps start the [[American Revolutionary War]] five years later.   
* [[March 21]] &ndash; King [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]] shifts to the newly constructed [[Nautalle Durbar|Basantapur Palace]], in the capital Kathmandu, as the first King of the Unified Kingdom of Nepal.
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[First voyage of James Cook]]: English explorer Captain [[James Cook]] and his crew aboard {{HMS|Endeavour}} complete the circumnavigation of [[New Zealand]].