What happened on March 1 ?

1445 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)

1456 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1516)

1474 - Angela Merici, Italian nun (d. 1540)

1547 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)

1597 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)

1610 - John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685)

1657 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)

1683 - Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)

1732 - William Cushing, 2nd (confirmed) Chief Justice of the United States. (d. 1810)

1760 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (suicide) (d. 1794)

1769 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)

1807 - Wilford Woodruff, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898)

1810 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French composer and pianist (d. 1849)

1812 - Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)

1821 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (d. 1896)

1837 - William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, editor, and politician (d. 1920)

1852 - Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)

1858 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918)

1863 - Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (d. 1930)

1865 - Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949)

1871 - Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)

1876 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (d. 1942)

1880 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer (d. 1932)

1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, graphic artist, and poet (d. 1980)

1888 - Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)

1889 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese ethicist and philosopher (d. 1960)

1892 - Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (d. 1927)

1893 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (d. 1968)

1896 - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (d. 1960)

1896 - Moriz Seeler, German writer, poet, film producer, and man of the theatre (d. 1942)

1899 - Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (d. 1972)

1901 - Pietro Spiggia, Italian poet

1904 - Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)

1910 - Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)

1910 - David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)

1914 - Ralph Ellison, American writer (d. 1994)

1917 - Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)

1918 - Roger Delgado, British actor (d. 1973)

1918 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (d. 1976)

1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)

1921 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (d. 1983)

1921 - Richard Wilbur, American poet

1922 - William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)

1922 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1995)

1923 - Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer, poet, and editor (d. 1999)

1924 - Deke Slayton, astronaut (d. 1993)

1926 - Robert Clary, French actor

1926 - Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, commissioner of American football (d. 1996)

1927 - Harry Belafonte, American musician and actor

1928 - Dr. Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and artificial intelligence researcher

1928 - Jacques Rivette, French film director

1929 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident, (d. 1978)

1935 - Robert Conrad, American actor

1937 - Jed Allan, American actor

1939 - Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and guitarist

1942 - Richard Bowman Myers, U.S. general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

1943 - Gil Amelio, American businessman and venture capitalist

1943 - Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist

1943 - Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast

1944 - John Breaux, U.S. Senator from Louisiana

1944 - Mike d'Abo, British singer (Manfred Mann)

1944 - Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who)

1945 - Dirk Benedict, American film and television actor

1946 - Lana Wood, American actress

1947 - Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter

1948 - Burning Spear, Jamaican singer and musician

1952 - Steven Barnes, American writer

1952 - Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and football manager

1953 - Richard Bruton, Irish politician and economist

1954 - Catherine Bach, American actress

1954 - Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer

1956 - Timothy Daly, American actor

1958 - Bertrand Piccard, Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist

1963 - Dan Michaels, musician and record producer

1963 - Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking)

1963 - Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player

1965 - Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey

1965 - Booker Huffman, Professional wrestler

1967 - Aron Winter, Dutch soccer player

1969 - Javier Bardem, Spanish actor

1969 - Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)

1970 - Jason Brock, American writer

1970 - Shaun Pollock, South African cricketer

1971 - Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist

1973 - Chris Webber, American basketball player

1973 - Ryan Peake, Canadian guitarist (Nickelback)

1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor

1977 - Rens Blom, Dutch athlete

1977 - Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and supermodel

1978 - Jensen Ackles, American actor

1978 - Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress

1980 - Djimi Traore, Malian footballer

1980 - Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer

1981 - Adam LaVorgna, American actor

1981 - Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel

1983 - Daniel Carvalho, Brazillian soccer player

1984 - Naima Mora, American model

1985 - Andreas Ottl, German footballer