Editing March 12 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; [[Paul Gerhardt]], German poet and composer (d. 1676)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hillerbrand |first1=Hans J. |title=Encyclopedia of Protestantism: 4-volume set |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-96027-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4tbFBQAAQBAJ&q=%22Paul+Gerhardt%22+march+12&pg=PT1491 |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[André Le Nôtre]], French gardener and architect (d. 1700)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Guiffrey |first1=Jules |title=André Le Nostre (1613-1700): critical study |date=1986 |publisher=Book Guild |isbn=978-0-86332-151-1 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZmFRAAAAMAAJ&q=March+12 |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[John Aubrey]], English historian and philosopher (d. 1697)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Aubrey {{!}} English writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Aubrey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Anne Hyde]], [[Duchess of York]] and [[Duke of Albany|Albany]] (d. 1671)<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Hyde, Anne |first=Adolphus William |last=Ward |volume=28}}</ref>
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Richard Steele]], Irish-Welsh journalist and politician (d. 1729)<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=26347|title=Steele, Sir Richard}}</ref>
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[George Berkeley]], Irish bishop and philosopher (d. 1753)<ref>{{cite web |title=George Berkeley {{!}} Biography, Philosophy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Berkeley |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1710]] &ndash; [[Thomas Arne]], English composer (d. 1778)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Arne {{!}} British composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Arne |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest]], French politician and diplomat (d. 1821)<ref>{{cite web |title=François-Emmanuel Guignard de Saint-Priest (1735-1821) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/12106276/francois-emmanuel_guignard_de_saint-priest/ |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=BnF |access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais|Jean Denis]], French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian (d. 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean-Denis Lanjuinais (1753-1827) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/12170924/jean-denis_lanjuinais/ |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=BnF |access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Claudius Buchanan]], Scottish theologian (d. 1815)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh|date=July 2006|title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=090219884X|access-date=2020-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919152306/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Frederica of Baden]], Queen consort to [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]] (d. 1826)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlsson |first1=Sven |title=Fredrika Dorothea Wilhelmina - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=14445 |website=sok.riksarkivet.se |publisher=Riksarkivet |access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[William Buckland]], English geologist and paleontologist; [[Dean of Westminster]] (d. 1856)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Prof. William Buckland, 1784–1856 |journal=Nature |date=March 1934 |volume=133 |issue=3358 |pages=353 |doi=10.1038/133353b0 |bibcode=1934Natur.133R.353. |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[William Lyon Mackenzie]], Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st [[Mayor of Toronto]] (d. 1861)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gates |first1=Lilian F. |title=After the Rebellion: The later years of William Lyon Mackenzie |date=1996 |publisher=Dundurn |isbn=978-1-55488-069-0 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNaXwTY03v8C&pg=PA12 |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1795   &ndash; [[George Tyler Wood]], American military officer and politician (d. 1858)<ref>{{cite book |last=Hendrickson|first=Kenneth E. Jr. |title=Chief Executives of Texas: From Stephen F. Austin to John B. Connally, Jr. |url=https://archive.org/details/chiefexecutiveso0000hend|url-access=registration|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|location=College Station |year=1995 |isbn=0-89096-641-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/chiefexecutiveso0000hend/page/50 50]}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Jane Pierce]], American wife of [[Franklin Pierce]], 15th [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. 1863)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Pierce {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jane-Pierce |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[James Abbott (Indian Army officer)|James Abbott]], Indian Army officer (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Buckland |first1=C. E. |title=Dictionary of Indian Biography |date=1971 |publisher=Ardent Media |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8AKI2nqPBQC&q=%22James+Abbott%22+march+12&pg=PA1 |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Louis-Jules Trochu]], French military leader and politician (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dodge |first1=John V. |last2=Kasch |first2=Howard E. |title=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=1964 |publisher=William Benton |location=Chicago |page=489}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[John Abbott]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 1893)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir John Abbott {{!}} prime minister of Canada |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Abbott |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1821   &ndash; [[Medo Pucić]], Croatian writer and politician (d. 1882)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kirchner Reill |first1=Dominique |title=Nationalists Who Feared the Nation: Adriatic Multi-Nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia, Trieste, and Venice |date=2012 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-7849-7 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6tNPEQ4PAXgC&q=Medo+Puci%C4%87+march+12&pg=PA127 |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Katsu Kaishū]], Japanese statesman (d. 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Count Katsu Kaishū {{!}} Japanese naval officer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Count-Katsu-Kaishu |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Gustav Kirchhoff]], Russian-German physicist and academic (d. 1887)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gustav Kirchhoff {{!}} German physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-Robert-Kirchhoff |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Charles Boycott]], English farmer and agent (d. 1897)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Daniels |first1=Frank |title=Charles Boycott 'lent' his name to protests |url=https://eu.tennessean.com/story/opinion/columnists/teachable-moments/2014/03/12/charles-boycott-lent-his-name-to-protests/6314543/ |access-date=5 January 2020 |work=The Tennessean |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Hilary A. Herbert]], American politician, [[Secretary of the Navy]] (d. 1919)<ref>{{CongBio |name=HERBERT, Hilary Abner |id=H000524 |inline=YES }}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Simon Newcomb]], Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)<ref name="brooklynEagle" />
*  1835   &ndash; [[Sigismondo Savona]], Maltese educator and politician (d. 1908)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schiavone |first1=Michael J. |title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. II G–Z |date=2009 |publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza |location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]] |isbn=9789993291329 |pages=1414–1415}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Alexandre Guilmant]], French organist and composer (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leupold |first1=Wayne |title=The Organ Music of Alexandre Guilmant, Volume I: Pieces in Different Styles, 1st Series (Books 1-6) |date=1999 |publisher=Alfred Music |isbn=978-1-4574-5068-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y25PDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Alexandre+Guilmant%22+march+12&pg=PR7 |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |page=vii}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[William Henry Perkin]], English chemist and academic (d. 1907)<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=35477|title=Perkin, Sir William Henry}}</ref>
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Tarde]], French sociologist and criminologist (d. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabriel Tarde {{!}} French sociologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gabriel-Tarde |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916130005/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gabriel-Tarde |archive-date=16 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Eduard Birnbaum]], Polish-born German cantor (d. 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/nr90018210|title=Birnbaum, Eduard, 1855-1920|access-date=Jan 31, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[William V. Ranous]], American actor and director (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=William V. Ranous |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efdbdd5 |website=BFI |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430201737/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efdbdd5 |archive-date=30 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Adolph Ochs]], American publisher (d. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Adolph Simon Ochs {{!}} American newspaper publisher |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolph-Simon-Ochs |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606131619/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolph-Simon-Ochs |archive-date=6 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Ernesto Cesàro]], Italian mathematician (d. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=J.J. |last2=Robertson |first2=E.F. |title=Ernesto Cesàro (1859 - 1906) |url=http://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cesaro.html |website=[[mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk]] |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Eric Stenbock]], Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ashley |first1=Michael |title=Who's who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction |date=1977 |publisher=Elm Tree Books |page=167 |isbn=9780241895283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wFA4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Eric+Stenbock%22+march+12 |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabriele D'Annunzio {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gabriele-DAnnunzio |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530164520/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gabriele-DAnnunzio |archive-date=30 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1863   &ndash; [[Vladimir Vernadsky]], Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky {{!}} Russian scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vladimir-Ivanovich-Vernadsky |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707005516/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vladimir-Ivanovich-Vernadsky |archive-date=7 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[W. H. R. Rivers]], English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |title=W. H. R. Rivers {{!}} British anthropologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-H-R-Rivers |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605013146/https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-H-R-Rivers |archive-date=5 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1864   &ndash; [[Alice Tegnér]], Swedish organist, composer, and educator (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=2006|page=457|isbn=978-0-33351-598-3}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[George Forbes (New Zealand politician)|George Forbes]], New Zealand politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1947)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://nzhistory.govt.nz/keyword/george-forbes| title = George Forbes {{!}} NZHistory, New Zealand history online}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Edmund Eysler]], Austrian composer (d. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmund Eysler |url=https://www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de/object/lexm_lexmperson_00001832 |website=www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530110714/http://www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de/object/lexm_lexmperson_00001832 |archive-date=30 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Frick]], German lawyer and politician, [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|German Federal Minister of the Interior]] (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frick, Wilhelm - Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz17186.html |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161442/https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz17186.html |archive-date=25 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Gemma Galgani]], Italian mystic and saint (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Rudolph M. |title=The Voices of Gemma Galgani: The Life and Afterlife of a Modern Saint |date=2003 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-04196-4 |page=xi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZZ8e4KrLp8C&q=%22Gemma+Galgani%22+march+12&pg=PR11 |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Henry Drysdale Dakin]], English-American chemist and academic (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hartley |first1=Percival |title=Henry Drysdale Dakin 1880-1952 |journal=Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1952 |volume=8 |issue=21 |pages=128–148 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1952.0009 |s2cid=178501241 }}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Väinö Tanner]], Finnish politician of [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]]; the [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite web |title=Väinö Tanner {{!}} prime minister of Finland |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vaino-Tanner |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006030803/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vaino-Tanner |archive-date=6 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Carlos Blanco Galindo]], Bolivian politician (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite book |title=Latin American lives: selected biographies from the five-volume Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture |date=1998 |publisher=Macmillan Library Reference USA |page=149 |isbn=9780028650609 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wThaAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Carlos+Blanco+Galindo%22+march+12 |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Sándor Jávorka]], Hungarian botanist (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Szujkó-Lacza |first1=J. |title=Centenarian anniversary of the birth of Sándor Jávorka |journal=Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici |date=1984 |volume=76 |pages=5–7 }}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Walter Hermann Bucher]], German-American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradley |first1=W.H. |title=Walter Hermann Bucher |url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/bucher-walter-h.pdf |website=nasonline.org |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181551/http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/bucher-walter-h.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1888   &ndash; [[Hans Knappertsbusch]], German conductor (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hans Knappertsbusch {{!}} German opera director |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Knappertsbusch |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327201421/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Knappertsbusch |archive-date=27 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Evert Taube]], Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite web |title=Motiv: Evert Taube, 70 årsdag, Stadshuset 12 mars 1960; Interiör med en kvinna och en man författaren och vissångaren Evert Taube som står vid en mikrofon, Evert Taube går i en trappa, vy över kvinnor och män i en publik, en man troligen revyförfattaren Karl Gerhard ger Evert Taube en blomsterbukett, Evert Taube dansar med en kvinna. |url=https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017354373/motiv-evert-taube-70-arsdag-stadshuset-12-mars-1960-interior-med-en-kvinna |website=digitaltmuseum.se |publisher=Nordiska Museum |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=sv}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Jesse Fuller]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding aid for the Jesse Fuller Collection |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8vt1xnm/ |website=oac.cdlib.org |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418092910/http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8vt1xnm/ |archive-date=18 April 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Tian Han]], Chinese playwright (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tian Han {{!}} Chinese author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tian-Han |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607154808/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tian-Han |archive-date=7 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1898   &ndash; [[Luitpold Steidle]], German army officer and politician (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur {{!}} Recherche {{!}} Biographische Datenbanken |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/wer-war-wer-in-der-ddr-%2363;-1424.html?ID=3386 |website=www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222122148/https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/wer-war-wer-in-der-ddr-%252363;-1424.html%3FID%3D3386 |archive-date=22 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Ramón Muttis]],  Argentine footballer (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Ramon MUTTIS |url=https://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=54812/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329024753/https://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people%3D54812/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 29, 2020 |website=FIFA.com |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Rinus van den Berge]], Dutch athlete (d. 1972)<ref>{{cite web |title=Rinus van den Berge Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/rinus-van-den-berge-1.html |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/rinus-van-den-berge-1.html |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Sylvi Kekkonen]], Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland [[Urho Kekkonen]] (d. 1974)<ref name="kb">{{cite web |title=Kekkonen, Sylvi (1900-1974) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8089 |website=Kansallisbiografia.fi |publisher=National Biography of Finland |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=fi}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]], 19th President of Colombia (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite news |title=Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Dies at 74; Dictator of Colombia in 1953-57 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/18/archives/gustavo-rojas-pinilla-dies-at-74-dictator-of-colombia-in-195357.html |access-date=5 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=18 January 1975 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111000435/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/18/archives/gustavo-rojas-pinilla-dies-at-74-dictator-of-colombia-in-195357.html |archive-date=11 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>