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Mar 25 1252

Conradin Duke of Swabia (d. 1268) son of Conradin IV

Mar 25 1259

Andronikos II Palaiologos Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)

Mar 25 1297

Andronicus III Palaeologus Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)

Mar 25 1297

Arnost of Pardubice Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)

Mar 25 1345

Blanche of Lancaster wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369)

Mar 25 1404

John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset English military leader (d. 1444)

Mar 25 1532

Pietro Pontio Italian composer (Ragionamento di Musica) born in Parma (d. 1596)

Mar 25 1539

Christopher Clavius German mathematician (d. 1612)

Mar 25 1541

Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)

Mar 25 1593

Jean de Brbeuf French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)

Mar 25 1594

Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher Dutch writer

Mar 25 1643

Louis Morri French encylopedist (d. 1680)

Mar 25 1653

Joseph Sauveur French physicistmathematician

Mar 25 1688

Johann Gotthilf Ziegler German baroque composer and organist born in Germany (d. 1747)

Mar 25 1702

Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst Dutch silk merchant (Teylers Museum)

Mar 25 1723

Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder] Dutch demonstrater

Mar 25 1767

Joachim Murat marshal of FranceKing of Naples (1808-15)

Mar 25 1782

Caroline Bonaparte Queen of Naples (d. 1839) and sister of Napoleon

Mar 25 1786

Giovanni B Amia Italian astronomerphysicistbotanist

Mar 25 1797

John Winebrenner American clergyman founded Church of God

Mar 25 1808

Jose de Espronceda y Delgado Spanish revolutionarypoet (Cortes)

Mar 25 1818

Isaac Ingalls Stevens American Major General (Union Army) born in North Andover Massachusetts (d. 1862)

Mar 25 1820

Xavier de Merode Earl of Merode Belgian minister to Pope in Rome (d. 1874)

Mar 25 1823

William Thompson Martin Mjr General (Confederate Army) (d. 1910)

Mar 25 1824

Clinton L. Merriam American politician (d. 1900)

Mar 25 1830

Julius Caesar cricketer (prominent batsman for Surrey)

Mar 25 1839

William Bell Wait American educated the blind

Mar 25 1840

Myles Keogh U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)

Mar 25 1848

William Keith Brooks American marine zoologist (anatomy and embryology of marine animals) born in Cleveland Ohio

Mar 25 1865

Pierre Weiss Mulhouse French physicist (theory of ferromagnetism)

Mar 25 1867

Arturo Toscanini Parma Italy temperamental conductor (NBC)

Mar 25 1867

John Gutzon Borglum American sculptor (Mt Rushmore) born in St. Charles Idaho Territory (d. 1941)

Mar 25 1868

Bill Lockwood cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902)

Mar 25 1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England start tradition of giving gallon of flour to residents to keep deathbed promise

Mar 25 1409 Council of Pisa opens - elects Antipope Alexander V

Mar 25 1436 Florentine cathedral Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore with dome by Filippo Brunelleschi consecrated by Pope Eugene IV (begun 1296)

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