March 15March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). There are 291 days remaining. In the Roman calendar March 15 was known as the Ides of March. Events 44 BC Ides of March: Julius Caesar, General of the Roman Republic, was - Johann Christian GuntherJohann Christian Gunther (1695-1723), German poet, was born at Striegau in Lower Silesia on April 8, 1695. After attending the gymnasium at Schweidnitz, he was sent in 1715 by his father, a country doctor, to study medicine at Wittenberg; but he was idle, German poet (born 1695)
December 26December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. There are 5 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1481 Battle of Westbroek Holland defeats troops of Utrecht 1606 King Lear performed in the Court of England 1620 Elizabet - Friedrich Melchior, baron von GrimmFriedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm ( December 26, 1723 December 19, 1807), French author, the son of a German pastor, was born at Ratisbon. He studied at the University of Leipzig, where he came under the influence of Gottsched and of JA Ernesti, to whom
Baron d'HolbachPaul Henry Thiry, baron d'Holbach ( 1723 Baron d'Holbach#References|[1]]] 1789 Baron d'Holbach#References|[2]]]) was an homme de lettres, philosophe and encyclopediste. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, Germany. D'Holbach's mother (nee Holba - philosopher, encyclopedist
Adam SmithThis article is about the 18th-century economist. For other people of the same name, see Adam Smith (disambiguation). Adam Smith Date of birth June 5, 1723 (baptism) Kirkcaldy Fife, Scotland Date of death July 17, 1790 (illness) Edinburgh, Scotland Occupa - Scottish economist