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Mar 12 1270

Prince Charles Count of Valois (1284-1325) son of King Philip III of France born in France (d. 1325)

Mar 12 1336

Edward Duke of Guelders (1361-71) and Count of Zutphen (d. 1371)

Mar 12 1515

Caspar Othmayr German composer and Lutheran pastor born in Amberg (d. 1553)

Mar 12 1613

Andr Le Ntre French landscape architect (d. 1700)

Mar 12 1620

Johann Heinrich Hottinger Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)

Mar 12 1626

John Aubrey English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)

Mar 12 1637

Anne Hyde wife of James II of England (d. 1671)

Mar 12 1647

Victor-Maurice comte de Broglie French general (d. 1727)

Mar 12 1672

Richard Steele Irish writer and politician (d. 1729)

Mar 12 1685

George Berkeley Irish philosopherbishop of Cloyne

Mar 12 1710

Thomas Arne British composer (Rule Britannia A-Hunting We Will Go) born in London (d. 1778)

Mar 12 1758

Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum Dutch general and politician [or March 22]

Mar 12 1768

Carolus Antonius Fodor [Carel Anton Fodor] Dutch pianist conductor and prominent composer born in Venlo Netherlands (d. 1846)

Mar 12 1776

Hester Stanhope English aristocrat traveller and archaeologist born in Chevening England (d. 1839)

Mar 12 1788

Pierre J David [David dAngers] French sculptor

Mar 12 1806

Jane Pierce American 1st lady (1853-57) and wife of Franklin Pierce born in Hampton New Hampshire (d. 1863)

Mar 12 1808

Gerrit van der Linde Jz Schoolmaster Dutch poet

Mar 12 1816

David Stuart American politician Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1868)

Mar 12 1818

John Lorimar Worden Capt (Union Navy) (d. 1897)

Mar 12 1823

William Flank Perry Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1901)

Mar 12 1824

Gustav Kirchhoff German physicist (spectroscopy coined black body radiation) born in Knigsberg Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1887)

Mar 12 1827

John Robert Jones Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1901)

Mar 12 1827

William Richard Terry Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1897)

Mar 12 1830

William Felix Brantley Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1870)

Mar 12 1831

Clement Studebaker automobile pioneer (Studebaker)

Mar 12 1832

Charles Boycott Irish estate managercaused boycotts

Mar 12 1835

Simon Newcomb American scientistmathematicianastronomer

Mar 12 1862

Jane Delano American nurseteacherfounder (Red Cross)

Mar 12 1863

Gabriele DAnnunzio Italian writermilitary hero (Intruder)

Mar 12 1863

Vladimir Vernadsky Russian mineralogist (d. 1945)

Mar 12 1864

W. H. R. Rivers British psychiatrist (d. 1922)

Mar 12 1877

Wilhelm Frick German protector of BohemiaMoravia

Mar 12 1880

House Peters British silent film actor (This Is the Life Kansas Territory) born in Bristol England (d. 1967)

Mar 12 1054 Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome

Mar 12 1088 Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II succeeding Victor III

Mar 12 1144 Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II succeeding Callistus II

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