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Mar 18 1075

Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari Muslim scholar of Persian origin born in Zamakhshar Khwarezmia (d. 1144)

Mar 18 1380

Lidwina Dutch mystic (Christs Bride) and saint born in Schiedam Netherlands (d. 1433)

Mar 18 1395

John Holland 2nd Duke of Exeter English military leader (d. 1447)

Mar 18 1496

Mary Tudor daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)

Mar 18 1556

Francois-Hercule de Valois French duke of AnjouBrabant

Mar 18 1578

Adam Elsheimer German paintercartoonistetcher baptized

Mar 18 1590

Manuel de Faria e Sousa Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)

Mar 18 1602

Jacques de Billy French mathematician (d. 1679)

Mar 18 1603

Simon Bradstreet Massachusetts Bay colonist (d. 1693)

Mar 18 1609

Frederick III King of Denmark and Norway (1648-70) born in Haderslev Denmark (d. 1670)

Mar 18 1640

Philippe de la Hire French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)

Mar 18 1679

Matthew Decker English merchant and writer (d. 1759)

Mar 18 1690

Christian Goldbach German mathematician (Goldbach position)

Mar 18 1701

Niclas Sahlgren Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776)

Mar 18 1756

Johann Christoph Vogel German composer born in Nuremberg Germany (d. 1788)

Mar 18 1765

David H Chasse Dutch barongeneral (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)

Mar 18 1780

Milos Obrenovic Leader of The Second Serbian Uprising and Prince of Serbia (d. 1860)

Mar 18 1781

Gustave Vogt French composer born in Strasbourg (d. 1870)

Mar 18 1828

William Randal Cremer English politician and pacifist recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)

Mar 18 1829

William R Boggs American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and chief of engineers born in Augusta Georgia (d. 1911)

Mar 18 1830

Numa D Fustel de Coulanges French historiansociologist

Mar 18 1838

Randal Cremer Britain trade unionist pacifist (Nobel 1903)

Mar 18 1839

Francis Fessenden American lawyer politician and Major General (Union Army) born in Portland Maine (d. 1906)

Mar 18 1840

William Cosmo Monkhouse English poet and critic (d. 1901)

Mar 18 1842

Stphane Mallarm French poet (d. 1898)

Mar 18 1843

Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom premier of Belgium (1899)

Mar 18 1844

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian composer (Scheherazade) born in Tikhvin (d. 1908) (OS 6 Mar)

Mar 18 1848

Nathaniel Herreshoff America Cup yacht designer

Mar 18 1848

Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1939)

Mar 18 1864

Karl M Lybeck FinnishSwedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten)

Mar 18 1866

John Loudon Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18)

Mar 18 1867

Michael G de Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam)

Mar 18 1874

Nikolai Berdyaev Russian philosopher (d. 1948)

Mar 18 1123 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified

Mar 18 1167 Battle of El-Babein Egypt Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians

Mar 18 1190 Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmunds England

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