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Mar 06 1340

John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)

Mar 06 1483

Francesco Guicciardini Italian attorneypresident of Romagna

Mar 06 1492

Jean Luis Vives Spanish theoryhumanistreformer

Mar 06 1495

Luigi Alamanni Italian poet (Opere Toscane La Coltivazione)

Mar 06 1615

Jan Zoet Dutch actor author playwright and poet (Parnasssus aan t Y) born in Flanders Belgium (d. 1674)

Mar 06 1619

Cyrano de Bergerac French playwright (Voyage to the Moon) known for his large nose

Mar 06 1663

Francis Atterbury English man of letters and priest born in Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire (d. 1732)

Mar 06 1716

Pehr Kalm Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)

Mar 06 1761

Antoine-Francois Andreossy French General and diplomat (d. 1828)

Mar 06 1785

Karol Kurpiski Polish composer and conductor (Pygmalion) born in Woszakowice Poland (d. 1857)

Mar 06 1787

Joseph von Fraunhofer German physicist (studied Suns spectrum)

Mar 06 1812

Aaron Lufkin Dennison father of American watchmaking

Mar 06 1817

Princess Clmentine of Orlans (d. 1907)

Mar 06 1818

William Claflin 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)

Mar 06 1820

Horatio Gouverneur Wright American Major General (Union Army) born in Clinton Connecticut (d. 1899)

Mar 06 1831

Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh German theologist (Home Mission)

Mar 06 1831

Philip Henry Sheridan Major General (Union Army) born in Albany New York

Mar 06 1834

George du Maurier Franco-British illustrator and writer (Trilby) born in Paris France (d. 1896)

Mar 06 1835

Charles Ewing American attorney and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Lancaster Ohio (d. 1883)

Mar 06 1835

Ludwik Grossman Polish composer (Duch Wojewody - The Ghost of Voyvode) born in Tureck Poland (d. 1915)

Mar 06 1870

Oscar Straus composer (Ein Walzertraum) born in Vienna Austria

Mar 06 1871

Ben Harney American composer and Father of Ragtime Piano (Youve Been a Good Old Wagon But You Done Broke Down) born on the Mississippi River (d. 1938)

Mar 06 1882

Guy Kibbee American actor (Big Shot) born in El Paso Texas (d. 1956)

Mar 06 1882

F. Burrall Hoffman American architect (d. 1980)

Mar 06 1882

Geoffrey Mander English industrialist (Mander Brothers Ltd.) born in Wolverhampton England (d. 1962)

Mar 06 1885

Ringgold Ring Lardner US sports writer (You Know Me Al)

Mar 06 1890

Fernand Ansseau Belgian operatortheory (Orfeo)

Mar 06 1891

Victor Kilian actor (Gentlemans Agreement) born in Jersey City New Jersey

Mar 06 1893

Kathleen Smoothy housewife (last link to Siege of SIdney Street)

Mar 06 1898

Hal Hooker cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20s & 30s)

Mar 06 1898

Jimmy Conzelman NFL quarterback and coachteam owner (Chicago)

Mar 06 1898

Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent Dutch soprano (Mattheus Passion)

Mar 06 1899

Jay C Flippen American actor (Jet Pilot The Killing Thunder Bay) born in Little Rock Arkansas (d. 1971)

Mar 06 1079 Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar

Mar 06 1323 Treaty of Paris - Flemish relinquish claims over the County of Zeeland

Mar 06 1447 Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V

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