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Mar 03 1520

Matthias Flacius Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)

Mar 03 1583

Edward Herbert of Cherbury English militaryphilosopher

Mar 03 1589

Gisbertus Voetius [Gijsbert Voet] Dutch reformed theologist

Mar 03 1652

Thomas Otway England playwrightpoet (Venice Preserved)

Mar 03 1678

Madeleine de Verchres French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)

Mar 03 1756

William Godwin philosopherpolitical writer (Caleb Williams)

Mar 03 1778

Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)

Mar 03 1793

Charles Sealsfield [Carl Anton Postl] Austrian-American writer born in Popice u Znojma Moravia (d. 1864)

Mar 03 1793

William Charles Macready British actor manager and diarist born in London England (d. 1873)

Mar 03 1800

Heinrich Georg Bronn German geologist (d. 1862)

Mar 03 1805

Jonas Furrer first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)

Mar 03 1811

Vissarion Belinsky Sveaborg Finland Russian author (Literary Review)

Mar 03 1823

Gyula Andrssy Sr Prime Minister of Hungary (1867-71) born in Kassa Austrian Empire (d. 1890)

Mar 03 1831

George M Pullman inventor (railway sleeping car)

Mar 03 1838

George William Hill US astronomer (calculated Moons orbit)

Mar 03 1841

John Murray Canada oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean)

Mar 03 1845

Georg Cantor German mathematician (discover transfinite numbers)

Mar 03 1846

Desiderio FA Pietri Italian bakermarathon runner Dorandos father

Mar 03 1848

Adelaide Neilson English stage actress (The Hunchback) born in Leeds England (d. 1880)

Mar 03 1851

Alexandros Papadiamantis Greek author (d. 1911)

Mar 03 1860

John Montgomery Ward American baseball player (d. 1925)

Mar 03 1868

Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier] French philosopherwriter

Mar 03 1869

Henry Wood British conductor associated with Londons promenade Proms concerts (Gentle Art of Singing) born in London England (d. 1944)

Mar 03 1872

Willie Keeler American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (highest career AB-per-strikeout ratio in MLB history) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1923)

Mar 03 1873

William Green president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)

Mar 03 1880

Florence Auer American actress (Eradicating Aunty) born in Albany New York (d. 1962)

Mar 03 1882

Floris H L Prims Flemish priesthistorianarchivist of Antwerp

Mar 03 1882

Charles Ponzi [Carlo] Italian con-man (Ponzi scheme in the US) born in Lugo Italy (d. 1949)

Mar 03 1883

Cyril Burt educational psychologist (d. 1971)

Mar 03 1886

R O Morris [Reginald Owen] British composer and music teacher born in York England (d. 1948)

Mar 03 1886

Tore rjaster Norwegian poet (d. 1968)

Mar 03 1890

Norman Bethune Canadian doctor communist and humanitarian (Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War) born in Gravenhurst Ontario (d. 1939)

Mar 03 1891

Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justicepresident High Council

Mar 03 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England

Mar 03 1431 Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV

Mar 03 1585 The Olympic Theatre designed by Andrea Palladio is inaugurated in Vicenza.

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