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Who died on March 7

64 figures who shaped history died on March 7.

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Nominoe — Duke of Brittany from 846 to 851, who died on March 7 851.

William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury — 11/12th-century Anglo-French nobleman and illegitimate son of King Henry II, who died on March 7 1226.

Thomas Aquinas — Italian Dominican friar and philosopher, who died on March 7 1274.

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox — English noblewoman, who died on March 7 1578.

Johann Bayer — German lawyer and uranographer, who died on March 7 1625.

Pope Innocent XIII — Head of the Catholic Church from 1721 to 1724, who died on March 7 1724.

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Who died on March 7?

64 people with a Wikipedia article died on March 7, including Nominoe, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Thomas Aquinas. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

What happened on March 7?

30 documented historical events happened on March 7, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest. On the same day, in another year: Bishop Étienne Tempier promulgated a condemnation of 219 heretical propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

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