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Famous People Who Died in March 1858

  • Mar 3 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian poet and critic, dies at 54

Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858)

Mar 4 Commodore of the United States Navy who opened Japan to Western influence and trade, dies of rheumatism at 63

  • Mar 22 Eeltsje Hiddes Halbertsma, Dutch Frisian physician, writer, and poet (Rymes & Tales), dies at 60
  • Mar 26 John Addison Thomas, American soldier and US Assistant Secretary of State, dies at 47