* May 4 – Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman for Maryland ( b. 1718 )

* February 17 – Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress ( d. 1790 )

Early inhabitants included Robert Morris, Sr., agent for a Liverpool shipping firm who greatly influenced the town's growth ; his son, Robert Morris, Jr., known as " the financier of the Revolution ;" Jeremiah Banning, sea captain, war hero, and statesman ; The Reverend Thomas Bacon, Anglican clergyman who wrote the first compilation of the laws of Maryland ; Matthew Tilghman, known as the " patriarch of Maryland " and " father of statehood "; and Colonel Tench Tilghman, aide-de-camp to George Washington and the man who carried the message of General Cornwallis's surrender to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

The Tilghman family owned it for over a century, beginning with Matthew Tilghman in 1752, and they were the last family to own it.

They elected Matthew Tilghman as their chair.

In June 1763 Charles married, to Margaret Tilghman ( 1742 – 1817 ), daughter of Matthew Tilghman of Talbot County.

Matthew Tilghman

Matthew Tilghman was the grandson of one of the early settlers in Maryland.

Matthew and his wife Anna Lloyd Tilghman ( 1723 – 1794 ) had five children: Margaret ( 1742 – 1817 ), Matthew Ward ( 1743 – 1753 ), Richard ( 1747 – 1806 ), Lloyd ( 1749 – 1811 ), and Anna Maria ( 1755 – 1843 ).

Rich Neck was also home to Matthew Tilghman, the head of the Maryland delegation to the Continental Congress, and Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate general.

* Matthew Tilghman, delegate to the Continental Congress

He further produced monuments to specific Confederate leaders, General Tilghman at Vicksburg, Mississippi and General Stonewall Jackson and Matthew Fontaine Maury, both on Monument Avenue in Richmond.

Matthew Abram " Matt " Groening ( ; born February 15, 1954 ) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer.

Cruz dated actor Matthew McConaughey from February 2005 to June 2006.

* February 23 – Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer, British military officer and colonial administrator ( b. 1775 )

During this time, Richardson took on five more apprentices: Thomas Verren ( 1 August 1732 ), Richard Smith ( 6 February 1733 ), Matthew Stimson ( 7 August 1733 ), Bethell Wellington ( 7 May 1734 ), and Daniel Green ( 1 October 1734 ).

Matthew Wade Stairs ( born February 27, 1968 ) is a former Canadian professional Major League baseball outfielder, first baseman, designated hitter, and pinch hitter.

Effingham was among the original counties of the state of Georgia, created February 5, 1777 from the colonial parishes of St. Matthew and St. Phillip.

The granite islands were named Kent's Group by Matthew Flinders, " in honour of my friend captain William Kent, then commander of the Supply " when Flinders passed them on 8 February 1798 in the Francis ( on her way to salvage the Sydney Cove ).

Matthew T. Scott ( 24 February 1828-21 May 1891 ) was the son of a Kentucky banker and by the time he reached Illinois, was an experienced land developer who led a group of well financed investors.

Danvers was laid out under the name of Concord on 20 February 1836 by Israel W. Hall ( 5 February 1799-3 January 1865 ) and Matthew Robb ( 15 July 1801 – 24 February 1870 ).

Matthew Cook ( born February 7, 1970 ) is a mathematician and computer scientist who proved Stephen Wolfram's conjecture that the Rule 110 cellular automaton is Turing-complete.

The post office was renamed Quay in honor of Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Quay on February 24, 1903.

* February 1 – Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh declares the song " Louie, Louie " by the Kingsmen pornographic.

* Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake ( 7 February 2000-11 March 2000 ) by Matthew Bourne

Turpin may have known Matthew King as early as 1734, and had an active association with him from February 1737, but the story of the " Gentleman Highwayman " may have been created only to link the end of the Essex gang with the author's own recollection of events.

In 2008, she appeared in Fool's Gold, a romantic comedy released on February 8, and her second film to co-star Matthew McConaughey.

James Matthew Dillon ( 26 September 1902 – 10 February 1986 ) was an Irish politician and leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965.

Although the formal approval of the Colonial Office in London was not given until February 1906, the Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, had anticipated a positive outcome and had already instructed the Public Works Department to start earthworks on the route from Tai Po Market to Fan Ling in December 1905.

A series of novelizations of Doom 3, written by Matthew J. Costello, debuted in February 2008.

When Green finally let Matthew Astor Wilks marry Sylvia on February 23, 1909, after a two-year courtship, the groom waived his right to inherit Sylvia's fortune, and received US $ 5, 000 for signing this prenuptial agreement.

His father had been carver and sword-bearer to Jack Cade, and was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans on 17 February 1461 ; his mother, who was born on 1 July 1429, and married Poynings in December 1459, inherited her husband's property in Kent, in spite of opposition from her brother-in-law, Edward Poynings, master of Arundel College ; before 1472 she married a second husband, Sir George Browne of Betchworth, Surrey, by whom she had a son Matthew and a daughter.

At the first Nunavut election held February 15, 1999, Okalik was elected to represent Iqaluit West in the first Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, defeating Ben Ell and Matthew Spence, with 51 % of ballots cast.

In the New Testament e. g. Matthew 1: 1, 1: 18 ; Mark 1: 1 ; John 1: 17 ; 17: 3 ; 9: 22 ; Mark 9: 40 ; Luke 2: 11 ; 22: 2, the word Christ is preceded by Jesus.

These groups, along with other Christians opposed to capital punishment, have cited Christ's Sermon on the Mount ( transcribed in Matthew Chapter 5 – 7 ) and Sermon on the Plain ( transcribed in Luke 6: 17 – 49 ).

The information was passed to the Under-Secretary for Ireland, Sir Matthew Nathan, on 17 April, but without revealing its source, and Nathan was doubtful about its accuracy.

And again in his Commentary on Matthew ( Book X, Chapter 17 ) Origen refers to Josephus ' Antiquities of the Jews by name and that Josephus had stated that the death of James had brought a wrath upon those who had killed him.

John Painter states that Origen expresses surprise that given that a Josephus who disbelieves in Jesus as Christ ( Commentary on Matthew Book X, Chapter 17 ) should write respectfully of James, his brother.

An issue that is subject to more debate is that in Commentary on Matthew ( Book X, Chapter 17 ), Origen cites Josephus as stating the death of James had brought a wrath upon those who had killed him, and that his death was the cause of the destruction of Jerusalem.

Origen's statement in his Commentary on Matthew ( Book X, Chapter 17 ) that Josephus " did not accept Jesus as Christ ", is usually seen as a confirmation of the generally accepted fact that Josephus did not believe Jesus to be the Messiah.

This is why the disciples ask Jesus in Matthew 17: 10, ' Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come ?.

Moses, along with Elijah, is presented as meeting with Jesus in all three Gospel accounts of the Transfiguration of Jesus in Matthew 17, Mark 9, and Luke 9, respectively.

Mark ( 9: 2-8 ), Matthew ( 17: 1-8 ) and Luke ( 9: 28-33 ).

: 1 Timothy 1: 17 ; Deuteronomy 6: 4 ; 1 Kings 8: 27 ; 1 John 1: 5 ; Genesis 1: 1 – 2 ; Acts 17: 24 – 25, 28 ; Psalm 90: 1 – 2 ; Matthew 28: 19 ; John 3: 16 ; Isaiah 57: 15 ; 2 Peter 3: 9.

: 2 Peter 1: 20 – 21 ; Romans 3: 2 ; 2 Peter 3: 1 – 2, 15 – 16 ; 2 Timothy 3: 14 – 17 ; Matthew 5: 17 – 19 ; Psalm 119: 105 ; John 20: 30 – 31 ; Hebrews 1: 1 – 2.

: 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4, 20-23 ; John 14: 1-3 ; Matthew 24: 30 ; Titus 2: 13 ; John 17: 3 ; 1 John 5: 11-13 ; 1 Corinthians 15: 42-44 ; John 10: 27-28 ; John 6: 40

: Mark 14: 22 – 25 ; Matthew 26: 26 – 29 ; 1 Corinthians 10: 16 – 17, 11: 23 – 30.

: Genesis 2: 2 – 3 ; Exodus 16: 23 – 30 ; Exodus 20: 8 – 11 ; Matthew 5: 17 – 19 ; Mark 2: 27 – 28 ; Luke 4: 16 ; Acts 13: 14, 42 – 44 ; 16: 11 – 13 ; 17: 2 – 3 ; 18: 4 – 11 ; Ezekiel 20: 19 – 20 ; Hebrews 4: 9 – 10 ; John 14: 15 ; Isaiah 58: 13 – 14 ; Luke 23: 56.

: Matthew 24: 14 ; Acts 1: 8 ; Matthew 28: 18 – 20 ; 2 Corinthians 4: 1 – 2, 5 – 6 ; 1 Peter 3: 15 ; 2 Corinthians 5: 17 – 20 ; Ephesians 6: 14 – 20.

* November 17 – Matthew Spring, English footballer

* May 17 – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury ( b. 1504 )

According to most interpretations of Matthew 5: 17, 18, 19, and 20, and most Christian views of the Old Covenant, these new interpretations of the Law and Prophets are not opposed to the Old Testament, which was the position of Marcion, but form Jesus ' new teachings which bring about salvation, and hence must be adhered to, as emphasized in Matthew 7: 24-27 towards the end of the sermon.