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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Mar 08 1293

    Beatrice of Castile Queen of Portugal (1325-57) born in Toro Zamora (d. 1359)

    Mar 08 1495

    John of God Portuguese-born friar and saint founder of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God born in Montemor-o-Novo vora Portugal (d. 1550)

    Mar 08 1514

    Amago Haruhisa Japanese samurai and warlord born in Izumo Japan (d. 1562)

    Mar 08 1560

    Don Carlo Gesualdo Italian Prince of Venosa and composer born in Venosa Italy (d. 1613)

    Mar 08 1607

    Johann von Rist German composer and poet known for his hymns born in Ottensen Holstein (d. 1667)

    Mar 08 1659

    Isaac de Beausobre French Protestant pastor born in Niort France (d. 1738)

    Mar 08 1712

    John Fothergill English physician born in Wensleydale England (d. 1780)

    Mar 08 1714

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach German composer son of J. S. Bach born in Weimar Germany (d. 1788)

    Mar 08 1726

    Richard Howe British admiral born in London (d. 1799)

    Mar 08 1743

    Bendix Friedrich Zinck German composer born in Husum Holstein Germany (d. 1801)

    Mar 08 1746

    Andr Michaux French botanist born in Satory France (d. 1802)

    Mar 08 1748

    William V of Orange Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1806)

    Mar 08 1778

    Friedrich August Kanne Austrian-German composer born in Delitzsch Saxony (d. 1833)

    Mar 08 1783

    Gottfied Wilhelm Fink German composer born in Sulza Holy Roman Empire (d. 1846)

    Mar 08 1783

    Hannah Van Buren Wife of U.S. President Martin Van Buren (1837-41) born in Kinderhook New York (d. 1819)

    Mar 08 1799

    Simon Cameron U.S. Senator and Secretary of War (Union) born in Maytown Pennsylvania (d. 1889)

    Mar 08 1804

    Alvan Clark American astronomer and maker of the Dearborn Observatory telescope the largest telescope in the world at the time born in Ashfield Massachusetts (d. 1887)

    Mar 08 1814

    Ede Szigligeti [Jzsef Szathmry] Hungarian dramatist born in Nagyvrad-Olaszi (d. 1878)

    Mar 08 1822

    Ignacy Lukasiewicz Polish engineer businessman and inventor born in Zaduszniki Mielec Austrian Empire (d. 1882)

    Mar 08 1827

    Wilhelm Bleek German linguist (Father of Bantu Philology) born in Berlin (d. 1875)

    Mar 08 1830

    Joo de Deus [Sao Bartolomeu de Messines] Portuguese poet (Flores do Campo) born in Algarve Portugal (d. 1896)

    Mar 08 1836

    Matthew Calbraith Butler American Major General (Confederate Army) and politician born in Greenville South Carolina (d. 1909)

    Mar 08 1839

    James Mason Crafts American chemist (Friedel-Crafts alkylation synthesis) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1917)

    Mar 08 1839

    Josephine Cochrane American inventor (automatic dishwasher) born in Ashtabula County Ohio (d. 1913)

    Mar 08 1840

    Franco Faccio Italian composer and conductor born in Verona Italy (d. 1891)

    Mar 08 1843

    Vilhelm Svedbom Swedish composer born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1904)

    Mar 08 1847

    Carl von Bach German mechanical engineer born in Stollberg Erzgeb (d. 1931)

    Mar 08 1853

    Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels Flemish composer (Parisina) born in Antwerp (d. 1916)

    Mar 08 1854

    Tom Horan Australian cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder) born in Midleton Ireland (d. 1916)

    Mar 08 1856

    Bramwell Booth 2nd General of The Salvation Army born in Halifax England (d. 1929)

    Mar 08 1856

    Tom Roberts British-Australian artist (Shearing the Rams) born in Dorchester Dorset England (d. 1931)

    Mar 08 1857

    Ruggero Leoncavallo Italian composer (I pagliacciZaza) born in Naples Italy (d. 1919)

    Mar 08 1859

    Kenneth Grahame Scottish author (The Wind in the Willows) born in Edinburgh (d. 1932)

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    Mar 08 1702 Queen Anne becomes Queen of England Scotland and Ireland upon death of King William III

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