Famous Birthdays Mar 11 Heinrich Georg Neuss, German composer, Lutheran theologian, and poet, born in Elbingerode, Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1716) Mar 16 Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704) Born in 1654 Famous Deaths Mar 24 Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66 Feb 1654 History by Year Apr 1654 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists