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Mar 24 1188

Ferrand of Portugal earl of Flandersson of Sancho I

Mar 24 1494

Georgius Agricola German mineralogist (De Re Metallica) born in Glauchau Saxony (d. 1555)

Mar 24 1607

Michiel A de Ruyter Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent Dune)

Mar 24 1628

Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lneburg queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)

Mar 24 1630

Jos Saenz dAguirre Spanish cardinal born in Logro Old Castile (d. 1699)

Mar 24 1657

Arai Hakuseki Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)

Mar 24 1703

Jose F de Isla [Francisco de Salazar] Spanish Jesuitwriter

Mar 24 1725

Samuel Ashe Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)

Mar 24 1725

Thomas Cushing American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)

Mar 24 1733

Joseph Priestley England Birstall England clergymanscientist (discovered oxygen)

Mar 24 1740

John Antes American composer and missionary born in Frederick Pennsylvania (d. 1811)

Mar 24 1755

Rufus King American politician and framer of US constitution born in Scarborough Massachusetts (d. 1827)

Mar 24 1762

Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portuguese opera composer (Portogallo)

Mar 24 1796

John Corry Wilson Daly Canadian politician (d. 1878)

Mar 24 1797

Antonio Rosmini-Serbati philosopherfounder (Institute of Charity)

Mar 24 1808

Maria Malibran Spanish-French singer (d. 1836)

Mar 24 1809

Joseph Liouville French discover of transcendental numbers

Mar 24 1814

Galen Clark American naturalistdiscovered Mariposa Grove

Mar 24 1820

Edmond Becquerel French physicist who studied the solar spectrum magnetism electricity and optics (photovoltaic effect) born in Paris France (d. 1891)

Mar 24 1821

[George] Hector Tyndale American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1880)

Mar 24 1829

George Francis Train American businessman (d. 1904)

Mar 24 1834

John Wesley Powell American geologistexplorerethnologist

Mar 24 1834

William Morris England designercraftsmanpoetsocialist

Mar 24 1835

Josef Stefan Austrian physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law)

Mar 24 1837

Prince Philippe Count of Flanders and son of Leopold I born in Royal Castle of Laeken Belgium (d. 1905)

Mar 24 1848

Honor Beaugrand Quebec journalist and newspaper publisher (La Patrie) (d. 1906)

Mar 24 1850

Silas Hocking British novelist and preacher (d. 1935)

Mar 24 1855

Olive Schreiner South African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman)

Mar 24 1866

Jack McAuliffe US lightweight boxing champ hall of famer

Mar 24 1874

Luigi Einaudi economist1st president of Italy (1948-55)

Mar 24 1878

Top Naeff [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff] Dutch writer

Mar 24 1883

James I Wedgwood British theosophist and bishop (Liberal Catholic Church) born in London (d. 1951)

Mar 24 1884

Peter Debye Holland physical chemist (Nobel 1936)

Mar 24 1629 1st game law passed in American colonies by Virginia

Mar 24 1731 Jerome (aka Hieronimus) de Salis naturalised as British by Act of Parliamentary.

Mar 24 1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers

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