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The Ides of March
Maine enters the Union
Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Johnson calls for equal voting rights
Russian czar abdicates
Margaret Plantagenet English princess (d. 1318)
Pietro Accolti Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency marshal of France
Alexandre de Rhodes French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
Shunzhi Emperor of China (1644-1661) Third Qing Emperor born in Shengjing (d. 1661)
George Bhr German architect (Frauenkirche Dresden) (d. 1738)
Dominique Marie Valet French RCold-catholic bishop
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille French astronomer who mapped the stars of the Southern Hemisphere born in Rumigny France (d. 1762)
Cesare Beccaria Italian criminologist and politician born in Milan (d. 1794)
Silvestro Palma Italian composer born in Barano dIschia Italy (d. 1834)
Ludwig Immanuel Magnus German mathematician (d. 1861)
Coenraad J van Houten Dutch cocoa manufacturer
Joseph Jenkins Roberts 1st President of Liberia
Karl Josef von Hefele German theologian (d. 1893)
Aernout Drost Dutch literary (Hermingard van de Eikenterpen)
Robert Allen American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in West Point Ohio (d. 1886)
Mariano lvarez Filipino general (d. 1924)
William Milligan Scottish theologian (d. 1892)
Johann Josef Loschmidt Austrian scientist (d. 1895)
Branko Radicevic Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising)
lise Reclus French geographer (d. 1905)
Edward Aylesworth Perry Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
John Henrie Kagi American abolitionist (d. 1859)
Alice Cunningham Fletcher ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
Bransby Cooper cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australias 1st Test)
Augusta Lady Gregory Irish playwright poet and patron of Yates born in Roxborough County Galway
Emil Adolf von Behring German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
Liberty Hyde Bailey US botanist (Plantbreeding)
Matthew Charlton Australian politician (d. 1948)
Lionel Pigot Johnson British poet and critic (Ireland & Other Poems) born in Broadstairs Kent (d. 1902)
Grace Chisholm Young English mathematician (d. 1944)
Stanisaw Wojciechowski President of Poland (d. 1953)
Betsy van den Arend Dutch actress (Miss Hobbs) born (d. 1950)
Mar 15 1311 Battle of Halmyros The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens a Crusader state in Greece.
Mar 15 1360 French attack English south coast raiding Winchelsea
Mar 15 1382 Conservative Popolo Grasso regain power in Florence Italy