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Galileo Body Moved

Mar 12 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy

Astronomer and Physicist Galileo Galilei

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 9 Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1781)
  • Mar 20 Phra Bat Somdet Phra Phraphutthayotfa Chulalok [Rama I], King of Thailand (1782-1809), founder of the Chakri dynasty (d. 1809)
  • Mar 23 Arthur St. Clair, American soldier and politician (President of the Continental Congress, 1787), born in Thurso, Scotland (d. 1818)
  • Mar 28 Francesco Zannetti, Italian composer, born in Volterra, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1788)
Born in 1737

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 7 Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl and fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars), dies at 79
  • Mar 16 Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)


What Happened in 1737

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