Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (died 1747)

Marie-Madeleine Jarret, known as Madeleine de Verchères was a woman of New France credited with repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old.

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 303 days remain until the end of the year.