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Mar 11 1544

Torquato Tasso Italian Renaissance poet (Aminta Apologia) born in Sorrento Kingdom of Naples (d. 1595)

Mar 11 1549

HenricHendrik Spieghel Dutch Renaissance writer and poet (Hertspiegel)

Mar 11 1725

Henry Benedict Stuart pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)

Mar 11 1730

Otto Friedrich Mller Copenhagen Danish Naturalist who was a pioneer in the study of microorganisms including bacteria diatoms and infusoria

Mar 11 1731

Robert Treat Paine judge signer (Declaration of Independence)

Mar 11 1738

Benjamin Tupper Continental Army officer and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792)

Mar 11 1785

John McLean American Supreme Court Justice (1829-61) and Postmaster General born in Morris County New Jersey (d. 1861)

Mar 11 1811

Marsena Rudolph Patrick American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Hounsfield New York (d. 1888)

Mar 11 1811

Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier co-discoverer (Neptune)

Mar 11 1818

John Wilkins Whitfield American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Franklin Tennessee (d. 1879)

Mar 11 1819

Henry Tate English sugar producer (Tate Gallery)

Mar 11 1819

Marius Petipa French ballet dancerchoreographer (Don Quiotte)

Mar 11 1822

Allison Nelson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1862)

Mar 11 1832

William Ruffin Cox Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1919)

Mar 11 1840

Edmund Kirby Jr American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Brownville New York(d. 1863)

Mar 11 1860

Thomas Hastings American architect (NY Public Library) born in NYC New York

Mar 11 1863

Andrew Stoddart cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)

Mar 11 1870

Louis Bachelier French mathematician (d. 1946)

Mar 11 1870

Herm McFarland American MLB outfielder (first grand slam in AL history) born in Des Moines Iowa (d. 1935)

Mar 11 1872

Abraham van Stolk Jzn lumber merchantart collector

Mar 11 1873

David Horsley English-born film executive (d. 1933)

Mar 11 1876

Charles Carl Ruggles American composer (Evocations) born in Marion Massachusetts (d. 1927)

Mar 11 1876

David Wijnkoop Dutch revolutionary socialist born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1941)

Mar 11 1880

Harry H. Laughlin American eugenecist (d. 1943)

Mar 11 1884

Jan Lemaire Dutch writer and actor (Village by the River Beautiful Juliet) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 1982)

Mar 11 1885

Malcolm Campbell British racing motorist (world land and water speed record holder) born in London England (d. 1948)

Mar 11 1887

Raoul Walsh American film director (Thief of Baghdad Battle Cry) (d. 1980)

Mar 11 1890

Vannevar Bush developed 1st electronic analogue computer

Mar 11 1892

Wladyslaw Anders Polish general (WW I WW II)

Mar 11 1895

Shemp Howard [Samuel Horwitz] American actor and comedian (3 Stooges) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1955)

Mar 11 1897

Henry Dixon Cowell Menlo Park California composer (New Musical Resources)

Mar 11 1898

Dorothy Gish American film actress (Orphans of the Storm) born in Massillon Ohio (d. 1968)

Mar 11 1899

Frederick IX [Christian FFMKWG] King of Denmark (1947-72)

Mar 11 1425 BC Thutmose III Pharaoh of Egypt dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).

Mar 11 1502 Ismail I founder of the Safavid dynasty crowned Shah of Persia (rules till 1524)

Mar 11 1567 Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel

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