Historical Events Horace Mar 9 Pierre Corneilles play "Horace" premieres in Paris Poet and Dramatist Pierre Corneille Famous Birthdays Mar 18 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719) Born in 1640 Famous Deaths Mar 8 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 Mar 17 Philip Massinger, English dramatist, dies (b. 1583) Feb 1640 History by Year Apr 1640 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists
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