Robert Hooke
1703 Robert Hooke, English scientific genius (Micrographia), dies at 67
Robert Hooke
- 1707 Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88
- 1717 Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75
- 1744 Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist
- 1765 William Stukeley, English physician and archaeologist (pioneered investigation of Stonehenge and Avebury), dies at 77
- 1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect and designer (Adelphi Terrace, London), dies at 63
- 1806 Heinrich Christian Boie, German author and editor, dies at 61
- 1808 Johann Christian Fabricius, Danish Entomologist, dies at 63
- 1848 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies
- 1850 Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (Later Day Saint apostle), dies at 43
- 1858 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54
- 1864 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21
- 1878 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English artist and Egyptologist, dies at 81
- 1899 William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)
- 1902 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79
- 1908 Karl Josef Rudolph Cornely, German Jesuit biblical scholar, dies at 77
- 1920 Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter, dies at 79
- 1921 P.J.H. [Pierre] Cuypers, Dutch architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93
- 1927 Mikhail Artsybashev, Russian writer (b. 1878)
- 1928 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69
- 1941 Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59
- 1941 Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
- 1942 Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43
- 1945 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61
- 1955 Katharine Drexel, American philanthropist and Roman Catholic Saint, dies at 96
- 1956 Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79
- 1976 Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer, dies at 75
- 1982 Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45
- 1984 Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor, dies at 81
- 1985 Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86
- 1990 Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86
- 1990 Gérard Blitz, Belgian waterpoloist and entrepreneur (b. 1912)
- 1991 Clara Eggink, Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at 84
- 1993 Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86
- 1993 Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)
- 1994 Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator, dies at 90
- 1995 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84
- 1995 Howard Hunter, US leader of Mormon Church (1994-95), dies at 87
- 1995 Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at 65
- 1995 Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85
- 1996 David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82
- 1996 John Joseph Krol, cardinal, dies at 95
- 1996 Leo Malet, French crime novelist, dies at 86
- 1996 Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, German journalist, dies at 76
- 1996 Marguerite Duras, French novelist and playwright (Sea Wall), dies at 81
- 1996 Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian, dies at 91
- 1997 Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies
- 1998 Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)
- 1999 Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 2003 Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
- 2003 Peter Smithson, English architect, dies at 79
- 2005 Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
- 2006 Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
- 2006 William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- 2007 Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian catoonist, creater of La Linea.
- 2010 Michael Foot, British politician (L) and writer, Leader of the Opposition (1980-83), dies at 96
- 2011 May Cutler, Canadian politician and publisher (b. 1923)
- 2014 William R. Pogue, American astronaut, dies at 84
René Préval
2017 René Préval, President of Haiti (1996-2001, 2006-2011), dies of cardiac arrest at 74
René Préval
- 2017 Stephen Ross, American economist (arbitrage pricing theory), dies at 73
March in History
![Oscar Hopes Sunk for 'Titanic' Movie Cast]()
Oscar Hopes Sunk for 'Titanic' Movie Cast
Titanic broke all kinds of records after its release in 1997, but the acclaim that it received failed to be reflected on the cast at the Academy Awards.
March 2, 1998![Carmen – the Show that Shocked Paris]()
Carmen – the Show that Shocked Paris
Carmen, the opera about a sensuous woman who seduces a soldier, had its premiere on this day and dismissed as a flop. Today, it is performed all over the world.
March 3, 1875![Arise, Sir Charlie Chaplin]()
Arise, Sir Charlie Chaplin
He waited a lifetime for it, but on this day silent screen star Charlie Chaplin was finally honoured by the country where he was born.
March 4, 1975![Mass Murderer Stalin Goes to His Grave]()
Mass Murderer Stalin Goes to His Grave
Countless millions of Russians were killed by the hand of Joseph Stalin, one of the most feared and brutal dictators of all time. He himself died on this day.
March 5, 1953
