Mar 1 Giovanni Francesco Milanta, Italian composer and organist, born in Parma (d. 1651) Mar 8 Johann von Rist, German composer and poet known for his hymns, born in Ottensen, County of Holstein-Pinneberg (now Germany) (d. 1667) Mar 12 Paul Gerhardt, German Luthern hymnist, born in Gräfenhainichen, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1676) Mar 24 Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (famous victories during Anglo-Dutch Wars), born in Vlissingen, in the Spanish Netherlands (d. 1676) 1606 Famous Birthdays by Year 1608