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Mar 10 1452

Ferdinand II the Catholic King of AragonSicily (expelled Jews)

Mar 10 1538

Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572)

Mar 10 1628

Constantine Huygens Jr Dutch poetpaintercartoonist

Mar 10 1628

Marcello Malpighi Italian physician who founded the science of microscopic anatomy born in Crevalcore near Bologna Papal States (d. 1694)

Mar 10 1656

Adolf H van Rechteren Dutch diplomatpolitician

Mar 10 1713

Raphael Weiss German composer and priest born in Wangen (d. 1779)

Mar 10 1745

John Gunby Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)

Mar 10 1748

John Playfair Scotland clergymangeologistmathematician

Mar 10 1749

Lorenzo da Ponte [ Emanuele Conegliano] Italian librettist (Don Giovanni) born in Ceneda Republic of Venice (d. 1838)

Mar 10 1769

Joseph Williamson English philanthropist and tunnel builder (d. 1840)

Mar 10 1771

Georg F Creuzer German philologicalhistorian (Idea und Probe)

Mar 10 1772

Friedrich von Schlegel German romantic writercritic (Lucinde)

Mar 10 1776

Luise Queen of Prussiawife of Frederik Willem III

Mar 10 1788

Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff German poet (Das Marmorbild)

Mar 10 1809

William David Porter Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1864)

Mar 10 1810

John McCloskey 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1885)

Mar 10 1818

George Wythe Randolph Secy War (Confederacy) (d. 1867)

Mar 10 1824

Thomas James Churchill Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1905)

Mar 10 1832

William Henry Penrose American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Salt Lake City Utah (d. 1903)

Mar 10 1839

Dudley Buck organist and church composer born in Hartford Connecticut

Mar 10 1842

Ina Donna Coolbrith American poet laureate of Calif

Mar 10 1844

Pablo de Sarasate Spanish violinist and composer (Spanish Dancer) born in Pamplona Spain (d. 1908)

Mar 10 1845

Alexander III A Romanov Russian tsar (1881-94)

Mar 10 1846

Edward Baker Lincoln son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)

Mar 10 1850

Mary Mills Patrick American author and 1st President of Istanbul Womans College born in Canterbury New Hampshire (d. 1940)

Mar 10 1850

Spencer Gore British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)

Mar 10 1863

E J Ratcliffe [Edward] British stage and screen actor born in London (d. 1948)

Mar 10 1865

Pim [Willem JH] Mulier Dutch journalistwritersport-organizer

Mar 10 1867

Lillian D Wald American sociologistorganizer (Visiting Nurses)

Mar 10 1873

Jakob Wassermann German novelist (My Life as German & Jew)

Mar 10 1878

Karel van de Woestijne Flemish writerpoet (God at Sea)

Mar 10 1880

Michael Jacobs American boxing promoter born in NYC New York

Mar 10 1884

Stuart Holmes American actor (Lifes Shop Window Prisoner of Zenda) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1971)

Mar 10 1535 Bishop Toms de Berlanga discovers the Galapagos Islands

Mar 10 1697 Tsar Peter the Great of Russia begins a tour of Western Europe

Mar 10 1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples

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