A year ago it was bruited that the primary character in Erich Maria Remarque's new novel was based on the Marquis Alfonso De Portago, the Spanish nobleman who died driving in the Mille Miglia automobile race of 1957.

Alfons Maria Jakob ( 2 July 1884, Aschaffenburg / Bavaria – 17 October 1931, Hamburg ) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.

Alfons Maria Jakob was the son of a shopkeeper.

It was a controversial design at the time for the bold forms of the undulating stone facade and wrought iron decoration of the balconies and windows, designed largely by Josep Maria Jujol, who also created some of the plaster ceilings.

As a literary game when Latin was the common property of the literate, Latin anagrams were prominent: two examples are the change of " Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum " ( Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord with you ) into " Virgo serena, pia, munda et immaculata " ( Serene virgin, pious, clean and spotless ), and the anagrammatic answer to Pilate's question, " Quid est veritas?

He was married twice, to Valide Sultan Mahfiruze Hatice Sultan, originally named Maria, a Greek, mother of Osman II, and to Valide Sultan Kadinefendi Kösem Sultan or Mahpeyker, originally named Anastasia, a Greek, mother of Murad IV and Ibrahim I.

Agnes Maria of Andechs-Merania ( died 1201 ), queen of France, was the daughter of Bertold IV ( died 1204 ), who was Count of Andechs, a castle and territory near Ammersee, Bavaria and from 1183 duke of Merania ( Istria ).

Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov was born on 10 March 1845 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the second son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his wife Maria Alexandrovna ( Marie of Hesse ).

Even when this elder brother first displayed symptoms of delicate health, the notion that he might die young was never taken seriously, and he was betrothed to the Princess Maria Feodorovna ( Dagmar of Denmark ).

The mother of Alexios, Anna Dalassena, was to play a prominent role in this coup d ' état of 1081, along with the current empress, Maria of Alania.

Furthermore, to aid the conspiracy Maria had adopted Alexios as her son, though she was only five years older than he Maria was persuaded to do so on the advice of her own " Alans " and her eunuchs, who had been instigated to do his by Isaac Komnenos.

By secretly giving inside information to the Komnenoi, Maria was an invaluable ally.

During this time, Alexios was rumored to be the lover of Empress Maria of Alania, the daughter of King Bagrat IV of Georgia, who had been successively married to Michael VII Doukas and his successor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, renowned for her beauty.

Alexios arranged for Maria to stay on the palace grounds, and it was thought that Alexios was considering marrying the erstwhile empress.

Alexios became estranged from Maria, who was stripped of her imperial title and retired to a monastery, and Constantine Doukas was deprived of his status as co-emperor.

Alexios II Komnenos or Alexius II Comnenus () ( 10 September 1169 – 24 September 1183, Constantinople ), Byzantine emperor ( 1180 – 1183 ), was the son of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and Maria, daughter of Raymond, prince of Antioch.

Among his collaborators was Giovanni Maria Butteri and his main pupil was Giovanni Bizzelli.

Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935 ) was an Austrian composer.

Giacomo Puccini ( full name: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ) (; Lucca 22 December 1858Brussels 29 November 1924 ) was an Italian composer whose operas are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire.

The police still used gross indecency laws instead to harass homosexuals, but the gay community in Poland thrived, with many important public figures, such as the composer Karol Szymanowski, the poet Bolesław Leśmian and the novelists Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz and Maria Dąbrowska being of homosexual orientation.

* 1595 – Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer ( d. 1679 )

* 1677 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer ( d. 1726 )

* 1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German composer ( b. 1786 )

* 1724 – Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, German singer and composer ( d. 1780 )

* 1948 – Tania Maria, Brazilian singer, pianist, composer, and bandleader

Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, clavicembalist and composer, was her sister.

* 1786 – Carl Maria von Weber, German composer ( d. 1826 )

* 1590 – Carlo Gesualdo, composer, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, murders his wife, Donna Maria d ' Avalos, and her lover Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria at the Palazzo San Severo in Naples.

Heydrich was born in 1904 in Halle an der Saale to composer and opera singer Richard Bruno Heydrich and his wife Elisabeth Anna Maria Amalia Krantz, a Roman Catholic.

* 1642 – Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian violinist and composer ( d. 1678 )

* 1677 – Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian composer ( d. 1754 )

* June 5 – Carl Maria von Weber, German composer ( b. 1786 )

* August 11 – Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer

* February 1 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer ( d. 1768 )

* Antonio Maria Abbatini of Rome ( c. 1595 – 1680 ), composer

** Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer ( d. 1607 )

* March 11 – Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer ( b. c. 1543 )

** Carl Maria von Weber, German composer ( d. 1826 )

* October 31 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer ( b. 1690 )

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (; 29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848 ) was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy.

Ruggero ( or Ruggiero ) Giacomo Maria Giuseppe Emmanuele Raffaele Domenico Vincenzo Francesco Donato Leoncavallo (; 23 April 18579 August 1919 ) was an Italian opera composer.

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 or 19 November 17864 / 5 June 1826 ) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.