2014 Event Maria Sharapova wins the French Open, beating Simona Halep; Sharapova has now won two French Open titles 2014 Event A shipwreck off of Haiti may be that of the Santa Maria, one of the three ships led by Christopher Columbus; the wreck was discovered about 10 years ago, but has only now been tentatively identified in light of Columbus' writings and other evidence 2013 Event Maria Gabriela Isler, a fashion model who was crowned Miss Venezuela 2012, is crowned Miss Universe 2013 2013 Event A small pyrotechnics show ignited foram sound insulating material in the ceiling of Kiss, a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil's city of Santa Maria, killing 237 partygoers and injuring 169 others 2011 Event Juan Maria Bordaberry, former Uruguayan dictator, dies while under house arrest for murders committed during his dictatorship 2004 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Maria Sharapova beat Serena Williams 2002 Death Maria Felix, Mexican Actress 1998 Death Jose Maria de Areilza, Sp minister of foreign affairs (1975-76), dies 1996 Death Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts, dies at 96 1996 Death Maria Casares, actress (Orpheus, Rebel Nun), dies at 73 1996 Death Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian, dies at 68 1996 Death Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator, dies at 70 1996 Event Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American 1996 Death Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66 1995 Death Maria Luisa Bemberg, fil maker, dies at 73 1995 Death Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88 1995 Event Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay 1995 Event DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives 1994 Death Gian Maria Volonte, actresss (Fistful of Dollars), dies at 61 1994 Event Julio Maria Sanguinetti elected president of Uruguay 1994 Death Roberto Goyeneche, El Polaco, Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies 1994 Event Jose Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica 1994 Event Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31 1994 Event Jose Maria Figueres elected president of Costa Rica 1993 Death Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies 1993 Death Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author, dies at 75 1992 Death Marlene Dietrich, Maria Losch, actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90 1992 Death Maria Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies at 83 1992 Death Maria Dea, French actress (Pieges), dies at 73 1991 Event Poet Maria Elene Cruz Varela sentenced to 2 years (Cuba) 1991 Event Poet Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba 1991 Death Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies 1989 Event U.S. Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die 1987 Birthday Maria Sharapova, Russian Athlete 1987 Death Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82 1986 Event Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver 1983 Death Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered 1982 Death Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Australia/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies 1981 Death Maria Palmer, actress (Days of Glory, Web), dies 1979 Event Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo forms government in Portugal 1978 Event Yamada Mumon Roshi visits Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach Germany 1978 Birthday Maria Menounos, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1996 1977 Birthday Maria Joana Parizotto, Miss Universe-Brazil 1996 1977 Death Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris at 53 1977 Birthday Maria Helena Selin, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1977 Birthday Maria Jose Lopez, Miss Ecuador Universe 1997 1977 Death Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Curaeao), dies at 87 1976 Birthday Diana Maria Urdareanu, Miss Romania Universe 1997 1975 Death Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer Albas, founder (Opus Dei), dies at 73 1975 Birthday Maria Sinigerova, Miss Universe-Bulgaria 1996 1975 Event Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1975 Birthday Maria Jose Suarez, Miss Universe-Spain in 1996 1974 Birthday Maria Carolina Christina, Princess of Netherlands 1974 Birthday Maria Alejandra Vento, Caracas Venz, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Braz 1973 Death Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71 1973 Birthday Maria Jose Gaidano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1993 Belgium doubles 1972 Birthday Maria Mutola, Maputo Mozambique, 800m runner 1996 Olympics bronze 1972 Birthday Margarita Maria Beatriz, princess of Netherlands 1972 Birthday Silvia Farina, born in Milan, Italy, tennis star, 1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles 1972 Birthday Maria Maunder, born in St. John's, New Foundland, rower 1996 Olympics 1970 Death Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer 1970 Birthday Maria Checca, born in Bogota, Colombia, playmate, Aug, 1994 1969 Birthday Maria Strandlund, born in Akersberga, Sweden, tennis star, 1987 Futures NOR 1969 Death Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies 1968 Birthday Lissa Maria Sneck, ice hockey goalie, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1968 Birthday Maria Grazia Cucinotta, born in Messina, Sicily, actress, Postman 1967 Birthday Maria Bartiromo, American Journalist 1967 Birthday Robin Ventura, born in Santa Maria, California, infielder, Chicago White Sox 1967 Death Oskar Maria Graf, pseudonym Oskar Graf-Berg, writer, president, wrote autobiographical, socialist-anarchist novels, dies at 72 in New York 1967 Birthday Maria Bello, American Actress 1967 Birthday Leslie Bega, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Maria Tomlinson-Head of the Class 1966 Death Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69 1966 Birthday Isabelle Pasco, born in France, actress, Ave Maria, model, Elle, Vogue 1966 Birthday Jose Maria Olazabal, born in Fuenterrabia, Gipuzkoa, Basque country, Spain, professional golfer, 6 PGA Tour wins, 23 European Tour wins, 2 Japan Golf Tour wins 1965 Birthday Maria Lee Ostapiej, La Mess California, Miss California-America 1991 1965 Death Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies 1965 Birthday Maria Pitillo, Matwah, New Jersey, actress, Ryan's Hope 1964 Event 78th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Carole Graebner (61 60) 1964 Birthday Patti Liscio, born in Santa Maria, California, golfer, 1994 Chicago Challenge-49th 1964 Death Jose Maria Castro, composer, dies at 71 1964 Event 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63) 1964 Event KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Birthday Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland, actress, Katrina-Santa Barbara 1963 Event 77th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64) 1963 Birthday Xuxa, Maria da Graca Meneghel, Brazil, actress, Xuxa Park 1962 Birthday Vincent Spano, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alphabet City, Maria's Lovers 1962 Event Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba 1961 Event Maria Beale Fletcher (NC), 19, crowned 34th Miss America 1962 1961 Death Maria Radulphus, Adrian Hermus, Curaeao school inspector, dies at 91 1961 Event Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria 1961 Death Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer, dies at 49 1960 Event 74th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64) 1960 Birthday Maria Gloria von Schonberg-Glauchau, wife of prince Thurn un Taxis 1959 Death Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator, dies at 76 1959 Death Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Cast Off), dies at 84 1959 Event 73rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Christine Truman (61 64) 1959 Event 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63) 1958 Event "Maria Golovin" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 5 performances 1958 Event "Maria Golovin" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances 1958 Birthday Maria Cantwell, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Representative-D-Washington 1993 - 1995, Senator-D-Washington 2001 - 1958 Event Buddy Holly weds Maria Santiago 1958 Birthday Maria Caridad Colon, born in Cuba, javelin thrower, 1980 Olympics gold 1958 Birthday Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist, Maria Bonita 1957 Death Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Modern Landhaaien), dies at 73 1957 Birthday Maria Conchita Alonso, born in Cuba, actress, Moscow on the Hudson 1957 Death Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82 1956 Birthday Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels 1955 Birthday Maria Shriver, newscaster, Sunday Today 1953 Birthday Taryn Power, born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Tyrone Power/actress, Maria 1953 Birthday Jose Maria Aznar, Spanish Statesman 1952 Death Maria Matos, Portuguese actress (Menina da Radio), dies at 61 1952 Death Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 1952 Death Antonio Maria Valencia, composer, dies at 49 1952 Death Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81 1952 Birthday Maria Schneider, born in Paris, actress, Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor 1951 Death Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer, dies at 87 1951 Death Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 33 1951 Death Maria Montez, actress, 'Arabian Nights', 'Sudan', dies at 31 1951 Birthday Maria Christina, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III 1950 Birthday Maria Ewing, born in Detroit, Michigan, opera singer, soprano, mezzo-soprano, debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 'The Marriage of Figaro', 1976 1949 Death Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (Spookies), dies at 62 1949 Event George Lascelles marries Maria Stein 1949 Birthday John Savage, Old Bethpage, New York, actor, Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers 1949 Death Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 1949 Death Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 1948 Death Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 1947 Birthday Princess Maria Christina, Marijke, of Netherlands 1946 Birthday Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, Marriage of Maria Braum 1946 Birthday Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor, Ehe der Maria Braun 1945 Birthday Maria Aitken, actress, Fish Called Wanda 1945 Event Flemish nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death 1945 Birthday Anna Maria Horsford, New York City, actress, Thelma Frye-Amen 1944 Birthday Klaus Maria Brandauer, born in Austria, actor, Mephisto, Out of Africa 1943 Birthday Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, New York, singer, Midnight at the Oasis 1941 Birthday Maria Liberia-Peters, premier of Dutch Antilles, 198?-93 1941 Event Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena" 1940 Death Tina Modotti, Maria del Carmen, Italian/Mexican communist, dies at 46 1939 Birthday Maria Bueno, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, tennis player, Wimbledon 1959 1936 Birthday Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italy, singer and actress, Cinderfella 1936 Birthday Julio Maria Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uruguay, 1985-90, 95- 1935 Death Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 1935 Death Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72 1934 Birthday Tina Maria Stone, runner, 1 year distance record of 15,472 miles 1933 Birthday Gian Maria Volonte, born in Milan Italy, actor, Fistful of Dollars 1932 Birthday Jose Maria Capricorne, Curacaos graphically designer/painter 1932 Birthday Louis Malle, France, director, Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria 1932 Birthday Maria M L "Marijke" Bakker, Dutch actress, Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown 1932 Birthday Maria Itkina, U.S.S.R., sprinter, 9 world records 1931 Birthday Isabel Peron, Maria Martinez, dancer/president Argentina 1929 Event Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues" in Berlin 1928 Birthday Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian 1927 Birthday Gianna Maria Canale, Reggio Calabria Italy, actress, Go For Broke 1926 Death Rainer Maria Rilke, poet, wrote, 'The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge', 'Letters to a Young Poet', dies at 51 1926 Birthday Maria de Lourdes Martins, composer 1926 Birthday Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator 1926 Birthday Maria Schell, Vienna Austria, actress, Space 1999 1925 Birthday Maria Tallchief, Fairfax, Oklahoma, ballerina 1923 Birthday Maria Callas, opera singer, Carmen 1922 Birthday Maria Casares, La Coruna Spain, French actress, Orpheus, Lectrice 1922 Birthday Rietje [Maria SC] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik 1922 Birthday Maria Luisa Bemberg, film maker 1921 Birthday Maria Gorokhovskaya, U.S.S.R., gymnast 1952 Olympics gold 1921 Birthday Daniel Gelin, Angers France, Maria Schneider's dad, actor, Obsession 1920 Birthday Maria Karnilova, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Olga-Ivan the Terrible 1919 Birthday Patricia Neway, born in Brooklyn, New York, soprano, Consul, Maria Golovia 1919 Death Enny Vrede, Maria M Muller, Dutch actress, drowns at 35 1918 Death Maria Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Birthday Maria Montez, Dominican Rep, actress, Arabian Nights 1917 Death Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 1917 Death Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 1917 Birthday Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author 1915 Death Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer, dies at 28 1914 Birthday Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor 1914 Birthday Maria Felix, Mexican Actress 1913 Birthday Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist 1911 Birthday Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer 1910 Birthday Mady Alfredo, Maria M the Brieder, actress, Alicia 1909 Birthday Maria M. van de Berg, actress, It was April 1st 1908 Birthday Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer 1908 Death Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 1908 Birthday Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter, Infinite Passage 1908 Birthday Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover 1907 Death Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies of scarlet fever and diptheria at 4 years and 7 months of age in Maiernigg, Austria, five days after her father, Gustav Mahler's 47th birthday. She is buried at Grinzing Cemetery, Vienna. 1907 Birthday Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to the Portuguese throne 1907 Event Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) 1906 Birthday Maria Goeppert Mayer, U.S. atomic physicist, Nobel 1963 1906 Birthday Luis Maria Millet, composer 1906 Birthday Maria Arnoldo, Adrianus Broeders, photographer/writer 1905 Death Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62 1905 Birthday Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" 1902 Birthday Antonio Maria Valencia, composer 1902 Birthday Jesus Maria Sanroma, Carolina PR, pianist, Boston Symphony 1902 Event Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die 1902 Death Maria Hendrika, Queen of the Belgians, dies 1902 Birthday Arnold Maria Walter, composer 1902 Birthday Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer y Albas, Spanish priest, Opus Dei 1901 Birthday Maria H "Marijke" van Tooren, cabaretiere/actress, Pisuisse 1900 Birthday Karin Boye, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, born Karin Maria Boye, poet, novelist, co-founder of poetry magazine Spektrum, introduced T.S. Eliot to Swedish readers, best-known novel 'Kallocain' 1900 Birthday Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist, Maria's Life 1900 Birthday Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts 1899 Death [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55 1898 Birthday Erich Maria Remarque, novelist, All Quiet on the Western Front 1896 Birthday Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer 1894 Birthday Oskar Maria Graf, born in Berg, Germany, pseudonym Oskar Graf-Berg, writer, president, wrote autobiographical, socialist-anarchist novels 1892 Birthday Jose Maria Castro, composer 1891 Birthday Edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, president-in-exile, 1979 - 1986 1890 Birthday Maria Matos, Lisbon Portugal, actress, Menina da Radio 1890 Death Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78 1889 Birthday Maria Realino, Frederikus Janssen, teacher, Botany of Curacao 1889 Birthday Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer, Noce I Dnie 1889 Death Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 1888 Birthday Maria Dermoat, Java, Dutch novelist, 10,000 Things 1887 Death Dinah Maria Mulock, English Novelist 1887 Birthday Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Austria, singer, Vienna Opera 1887 Birthday Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer 1885 Death Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress, dies at 60 1885 Birthday Marie Benavente, Maria Wissink, actress, Scapegoat 1885 Event Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands 1885 Birthday Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer! 1884 Birthday Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress, Genius against Violence 1884 Birthday Magda Janssens, Flemish/Netherlands actress/acting teacher, Maria Stuart 1884 Death Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80 1883 Birthday Enny Vrede, Maria M Muller, Dutch actress/wife of Eduard Verkade 1883 Birthday Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator 1882 Birthday Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer, Estrellita 1877 Birthday Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress, Jane Eyre 1876 Birthday Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress, Waterloo Bridge 1875 Birthday Rainer Maria Rilke, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, poet, wrote, 'The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge', 'Letters to a Young Poet' 1875 Death Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 1875 Birthday Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter, Caught Sultane 1871 Birthday Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126 1871 Birthday Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author, Jesse and Maria 1870 Birthday Maria Montessori, Italy, educator, spontaneous response 1869 Birthday Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curacao, Radulphus College 1867 Birthday Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect, Wiener Sezession 1867 Birthday Enrique Granados, born in Lerida, Spain, composer, Maria del Carmen 1866 Death Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies 1865 Birthday Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer 1864 Birthday Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer 1863 Birthday Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress, Black Griet 1860 Birthday Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses, New York, primitive painter, Old Oaken Bucket 1859 Birthday Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist 1858 Birthday Maria J "Marie" Bakker, Dutch actress 1853 Birthday Maria Teresa Carreno, composer 1853 Birthday Maria Teresa Carreno, composer 1853 Birthday Maria E "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr 1853 Event Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugenie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman 1850 Death Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 1849 Death Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist 1848 Death Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 1847 Event Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet 1846 Event Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena," premieres in Konigsberg 1845 Birthday Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz, Queiros, Portuguese author, Contos 1845 Death Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68 1844 Birthday [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress, Bad Herders 1842 Birthday Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet 1842 Death Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81 1839 Death Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61 1839 Death Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57 1839 Birthday Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar 1838 Death Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79 1837 Death Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies 1836 Birthday Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator, PTA 1832 Event King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria 1832 Death Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84 1831 Birthday Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author, Ramona 1831 Death Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 1829 Death Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies 1826 Death Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39 1826 Death Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39 1826 Birthday Dinah Maria Mulock, English Novelist 1825 Death Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies 1824 Death Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64 1821 Death Angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42 1820 Event James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House 1818 Birthday Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress 1818 Birthday Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer on Nantucket Island 1817 Death Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies 1817 Birthday Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer 1815 Event Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos 1815 Death Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards 1812 Birthday Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet, Lettere a Maria 1812 Birthday Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians, 1832 - 1850, wife of Leopold I 1803 Birthday Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet, Daisies 1802 Birthday Lydia Maria Child, U.S., author/abolitionist, Juvenile Miscellany 1799 Death Maria G Agnesi, Italian mathematician (xy=a(a-y)), dies at 80 1798 Birthday Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter 1797 Birthday Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer 1797 Birthday Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs 1795 Death Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74 1791 Event Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) 1789 Birthday Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer 1786 Birthday Carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer, Der Freischutz 1786 Birthday Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst "von" Weber, German composer, Freischutz 1786 Death Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56 1785 Death Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 1782 Birthday Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria 1782 Birthday Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte, countess Lipona, sister of Napoleon 1780 Death Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63 1779 Birthday Angelo Maria Benincori, composer 1778 Birthday Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer 1776 Birthday Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress, General Moreau and Marshal Ney 1774 Event Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia 1774 Death Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83 1772 Death Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 1768 Death Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78 1767 Birthday Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist 1765 Death Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77 1759 Birthday Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer 1759 Birthday Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer 1759 Birthday Maria Rosa Coccia, composer 1754 Death Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76 1751 Birthday Maria A. [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister 1749 Event Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" 1749 Birthday Vittoria A. Alfieri, Italian count/poet, Maria Stuarda 1747 Birthday Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer 1747 Death Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies 1741 Event Queen Maria Theresa addresses Hungarian Parliament 1740 Event Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia 1738 Death Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer, dies at 84 1736 Event Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I) 1733 Event Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague 1730 Birthday John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia 1726 Death Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77 1724 Event Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1720 Birthday Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer 1719 Death Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 1718 Birthday Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xy=a, a-y 1717 Birthday Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Wife of emperor Franz I 1717 Birthday Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer 1716 Birthday Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer 1709 Event Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa 1707 Event German composer Johann S Bach marries his niece Maria Bach 1698 Birthday Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer 1690 Birthday Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer 1690 Birthday Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer 1688 Birthday Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, Marijke Meu, princess of Orange 1687 Birthday Francesco Maria Vallara, composer 1678 Death Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 1677 Birthday Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer 1666 Event Princess Maria of Orange-Nassau marries Mauritius earl of Simmeren 1665 Death Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies 1661 Death Maria I Stuart, Queen of England/husband of Willem II, dies at 29 1660 Death Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72 1658 Death Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 1654 Birthday Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer 1652 Birthday Giovanni Maria Casini, composer 1649 Death Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies 1648 Birthday Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer 1647 Death Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies 1642 Birthday Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer 1642 Death Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 1638 Event French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam 1630 Birthday Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter 1630 Event Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno 1628 Death Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer, dies at 64 1616 Death Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 1611 Birthday Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer 1602 Birthday Maria de Jesus de Agreda, Maria Coronel, Spanish franciscan 1594 Birthday Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, Dutch writer 1563 Birthday Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer 1558 Death Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53 1556 Event Charles V and Maria of Hungary march into Spain 1556 Birthday Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren 1554 Event Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem 1550 Event Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III 1545 Death Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies 1526 Event Jews are expelled from Pressburg Hungary by Maria of Hapsburg 1515 Event Louis of Hungary (9) marries Maria of Bohemia and succession to Hungarian throne 1513 Birthday Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer 1505 Birthday Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Netherlands, 1531-55 1492 Event Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic 1492 Event Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic 1492 Event Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic 1492 Event Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion 1482 Death Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25 1477 Event Duchess Maria van Bourgondie ends Great Privilegie 1477 Event Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondie at proxy 1476 Death Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered
