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Mar 22 1366

Thomas de Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk English politician (d. 1399)

Mar 22 1459

Maximilian I of Habsburg German Emperorarchduke of Austria

Mar 22 1503

Antonio Francesco Grazzini Italian writer (d. 1583)

Mar 22 1599

Anthony Van Dyck Flemish painter (Charles I of England) born in Antwerp Spanish Netherlands (d. 1641)

Mar 22 1609

John II Casimir Vasa [Jan Kazimierz] King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1648-68) born in Krakw Poland (d. 1672)

Mar 22 1663

August Hermann Francke German Protestant minister (d. 1727)

Mar 22 1720

Nicolas-Henri Jardin French architect (d. 1799)

Mar 22 1728

Anton Raphael Mengs German Bohemian painter and one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting born in st nad Labem Bohemia (d. 1779)

Mar 22 1759

Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)

Mar 22 1771

Heinrich D Zschokke Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf)

Mar 22 1799

F W A Argelander Memel E Prussia cataloguer of 324188 stars

Mar 22 1812

Stephen Pearl Andrews American abolitionist (d. 1886)

Mar 22 1813

Gabriel Ren Paul American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1886)

Mar 22 1814

Thomas Crawford US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)

Mar 22 1817

Braxton Bragg Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1876)

Mar 22 1818

John Ainsworth Horrocks English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)

Mar 22 1819

William Wirt Adams Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1888)

Mar 22 1822

Ahmed Djevdet Pasha Turkish minister of EducationJustice

Mar 22 1822

Isaac D Fransen van de Putte Dutch premier (1866)

Mar 22 1878

Michel Thato Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919)

Mar 22 1880

Ernie Quigley Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)

Mar 22 1822

Seth Williams American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Augusta Maine (d. 1866)

Mar 22 1824

William Henry Chase Whiting American Major General (Confederate Army) born in Biloxi Mississippi (d. 1865)

Mar 22 1834

Francis Asbury Shoup Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1896)

Mar 22 1842

Mykola Lysenko Ukranian composer conductor and ethnomusicologist born in Hrynky Russian Empire (d. 1912)

Mar 22 1846

Randolph Caldecott England illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake)

Mar 22 1852

Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus] German classicalwriter

Mar 22 1857

Paul Doumer gov-genl of Indo-China13th President of France (1931-32)

Mar 22 1866

Jack Boyle American baseball player (d. 1913)

Mar 22 1867

Meijer Linnewiel [Prof Kokadorus] Amsterdams pitchman

Mar 22 1868

Hamish MacCunn Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood) born in Greenock Scotland (d. 1916)

Mar 22 1868

Henry W Methorst lawyerdirector (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics)

Mar 22 1885

Aryeh Levin [Reb Aryeh] Orthodox Jewish rabbi (d. 1969)

Mar 22 1349 Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews blaming them for the Black Death

Mar 22 1556 Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury

Mar 22 1621 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle Neth

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