Historical Anniversaries this Week

March 5

 Births (700 years ago today)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1947)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player (died 1959)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – ?ar?nas Jasikevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Konerko, American baseball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1726 – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1655)

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1876 – Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (born 1805)^[79]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1889)

March 6

 Births (200 years ago today)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – A. A. Kannisto, Finnish politician (died 1930)^[26]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ann Curtis, American swimmer (died 2012)^[36]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician^{[citation needed]}

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ray O'Connor, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (died 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ken Anderson, American wrestler and actor

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (born 1903)

March 7

 Events (200 years ago today)

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".^[11]

 Deaths (800 years ago today): 1226 – William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English commander^[151]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Wright Patman, American politician (born 1893)^[175]

March 8

 Events (900 years ago today): 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.^[2]

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1799)^[52]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2001)^[92]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chris Clark, American ice hockey player^[144]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player^[145]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter^[146]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Hines Ward, Korean-American football player^[147]

 Deaths (900 years ago today): 1126 – Urraca of León and Castile (born 1079)^[180]

Commemorations:
International Women's Day


March 9

 Events (800 years ago today): 1226 – Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.^[4]

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – Scottish philosopher Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations, ushering in the classical period of political economy.^[9]

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the deadliest cable car accident in history.^[36]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Joe Franklin, American radio and television host (died 2015)^[87]

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1876 – Louise Colet, French poet (born 1810)^[238]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (born 1865)^[244]

March 10

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.^[18]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor (died 1973)^[86]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Marques Haynes, American basketball player (died 2015)^[109]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player^[175]

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French author and critic (born 1718)^[230]

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 – John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (born 1758)^[232]

March 11

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Carl Ruggles, American composer and painter (died 1971)^[57]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (died 1990)^[85]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer^[143]

 Deaths (450 years ago today): 1576 – Juan de Salcedo, Spanish conquistador (born 1549)^[187]