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History Deaths on March 01


Roger North (biographer)
Roger North, English lawyer and author (b. 1653)

#Roger_North_(biographer)

Luigi Vanvitelli
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect, designed the Palace of Caserta (b. 1700)

#Luigi_Vanvitelli

Peter Barlow (mathematician)
Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)

#Peter_Barlow_(mathematician)

Minnie Miñoso
Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)

#Minnie_Miñoso

Andrew Breitbart
Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (b. 1969)

#Andrew_Breitbart

Rudesind
Rudesind, Galician bishop (b. 907)

#Rudesind

Archie Goodwin (comics)
Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (b. 1937)

#Archie_Goodwin_(comics)

Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Franklin, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1944)

#Bonnie_Franklin

Mustafa Barzani
Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)

#Mustafa_Barzani

Jackie Coogan
Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)

#Jackie_Coogan

Mariano Azuela
Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)

#Mariano_Azuela

José María de Pereda
José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)

#José_María_de_Pereda

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)

#Claude_Victor-Perrin,_Duc_de_Belluno

Isaac Todhunter
Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)

#Isaac_Todhunter

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

#Jacobus_Henricus_van_'t_Hoff

Francesco Redi
Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (b. 1626)

#Francesco_Redi

Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan
Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Chinese emperor (b. 1286)

#Ayurbarwada_Buyantu_Khan

Kristian Digby
Kristian Digby, English television host and director (b. 1977)

#Kristian_Digby

Theodor Kullak
Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)

#Theodor_Kullak

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)

#Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,_4th_Earl_of_Minto

Vasantdada Patil
Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1917)

#Vasantdada_Patil

Wilhelmina Cooper
Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and businesswoman, founded Wilhelmina Models (b. 1940)

#Wilhelmina_Cooper

Mian Ghulam Jilani
Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)

#Mian_Ghulam_Jilani

John H. Bankhead
John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)

#John_H._Bankhead

Francisco de Almeida
Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1450)

#Francisco_de_Almeida

Richard Zouch
Richard Zouch, English judge and politician (b. 1590)

#Richard_Zouch

Thomas, Count of Savoy
Thomas, count of Savoy (b. 1178)

#Thomas,_Count_of_Savoy

Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Alain_Resnais

Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy
Amadeus VI, count of Savoy (b. 1334)

#Amadeus_VI,_Count_of_Savoy

Jack Wild
Jack Wild, Actor (b.1952)

#Jack_Wild

Mikhail Kuzmin
Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)

#Mikhail_Kuzmin

Alexandre Yersin
Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)

#Alexandre_Yersin

George Wishart
George Wishart, Scottish minister and martyr (b. 1513)

#George_Wishart

Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1583)

#Girolamo_Frescobaldi

Ermesinde of Carcassonne
Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (b. 972)

#Ermesinde_of_Carcassonne

Hermann Samuel Reimarus
Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and author (b. 1694)

#Hermann_Samuel_Reimarus

Peter Osgood
Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)

#Peter_Osgood

Angelo Emo
Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1731)

#Angelo_Emo

Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)

#Gabriele_D'Annunzio

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)

#Leopold_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Stephen II of Hungary
Stephen II, king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1101)

#Stephen_II_of_Hungary

Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (b. 1905)

#Arthur_Koestler

Saint David
David, Welsh bishop and saint

#Saint_David

George Herbert
George Herbert, English poet and orator (b. 1593)

#George_Herbert

George S. Rentz
George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)

#George_S._Rentz

Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (b. 1942)
María Rubio, Mexican television, film and stage actress (b. 1934)
Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (b. 1932)
Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (b. 1909)
Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907)
Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
Ecaterina Cercheza, princess consort of Moldavia (b. 1620)
Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (b. 1567)
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, Welsh noble, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)
En'y?, Japanese emperor (b. 959)
Leo VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
Felix III, pope of the Catholic Church