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Mar 29 1484

Johann Spangenberg German theologist and composer born in Hardegsen Germany (d. 1550)

Mar 29 1517

Carlo Carafa Italian cardinal born in Naples Italy (d. 1561)

Mar 29 1553

Vitsentzos Kornaros Greek Renaissance poet born in Trapezonda Sitia Kingdom of Candia (d. 1613 or 1614)

Mar 29 1561

Santorio Sanctorius Venetian physiologist and physician (invented thermometer) born in Venice (d. 1636)

Mar 29 1584

Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron English general born in Yorkshire (d. 1648)

Mar 29 1602

John Lightfoot English theologist and literary (Horae Hebraicae) born in Stoke-on-Trent Strafordshire England (d. 1675)

Mar 29 1616

Johann Erasmus Kindermann German composer born in Nuremberg (d. 1655)

Mar 29 1668

Thomas Coram English sea captain and philanthropist (Founder of the Foundling Hospital) born in Lyme Regis Dorset (d. 1751)

Mar 29 1725

Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder Swiss composer born in Lucerne Switzerland (d. 1765)

Mar 29 1752

Edward Jones Welsh harpist and composer born in Llandderfel Wales (d. 1824)

Mar 29 1769

Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult French marshal 10th Prime Minister of France born in Saint-Amans-la-Bastide France (d. 1851)

Mar 29 1813

John Letcher American lawyer and politician U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia born in Lexington Virginia (d. 1884)

Mar 29 1816

James Gallant Spears American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Bledsoe County Tennessee (d. 1869)

Mar 29 1816

Tsultrim Gyatso 10th Dalai Lama born in Chamdo (d. 1837)

Mar 29 1817

Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov Russian historian and poet born in Novo-Aksakovo Russia (d. 1860)

Mar 29 1819

Edwin Drake American businessman who drilled 1st productive US oil well born in Greenville New York (d. 1881)

Mar 29 1819

Isaac Mayer Wise American rabbi and founder (American Hebrew Congregations) born in Steingrub Bohemia Austrian Empire (d. 1900)

Mar 29 1821

Joshua Thomas Owen British-American educator politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Carmarthen United Kingdom (d. 1887)

Mar 29 1822

Joseph Quinaux Belgian painter (landscape paintings) born in Namen Belgium (d. 1895)

Mar 29 1824

Ludwig Bchner German philosopher and physician born in Darmstadt Germany (d. 1899)

Mar 29 1826

Wilhelm Liebknecht German socialist (Social Democratic Party) born in Giessen Germany (d. 1900)

Mar 29 1829

Ritta & Christina Parodi Siamese twins born in Sassare Sardinia (d. )

Mar 29 1829

Robert Emmet Rodes American Major General (Confederate Army) born in Lynchburg Virginia (d. 1864)

Mar 29 1831

Amelia E. Barr British-born American writer born in Ulverston Lancashire (d. 1919)

Mar 29 1840

Matteo Albertone Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War born in Alessandria (d. 1919)

Mar 29 1848

Aleksei Kuropatkin Russian general and minister of War born in Sheshurino Russia (d. 1925)

Mar 29 1869

Ale Hrdlika Austro-Hungarian anthropologist and curator (US National Museum) born in Humpolec Austria-Hungary (d. 1943)

Mar 29 1869

Edwin Lutyens English architect (Viceroys House New Delhi) born in London (d. 1944)

Mar 29 1871

Tom Hayward English cricketer (great England batsman of the Golden Age) born in Cambridge (d. 1939)

Mar 29 1873

Tullio Levi-Civita Italian mathematician (Tensor calculus) born in Padua Italy (d. 1941)

Mar 29 1874

Ioannis Georgiadis Greek fencer (Olympic 1896 gold) born in Tripoli Greece (d. 1960)

Mar 29 1875

Lou Hoover US First Lady (1929-33) and wife of the 31st President Herbert Hoover born in Waterloo Iowa (d. 1944)

Mar 29 1875

Paul Rubens English musical comedy composer (Miss Hook of Holland) born in London (d. 1917)

Mar 29 1549 The city of Salvador da Bahia the first capital of Brazil is founded

Mar 29 1632 Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returns Quebec to French control after the English seized it in 1629

Mar 29 1638 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)

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