Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1231 Emperor ShijÅ of Japan (d. 1242) was born on this day in history.
1473 James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on this day in history.
1578 On this day in history birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
1628 On March - 17 birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian
1664 Georg Osterreich, composer was born on this day in history.
1675 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on this day in history.
1676 Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on March - 17.
1685 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on this day in history.
1725 Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.
1746 On this day in history birth of jan David Holland, composer
1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) was born on March - 17.
1780 On March - 17 birth of thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)
1781 Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies was born on this day in history.
1781 On March - 17 birth of ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)
1787 On March - 17 birth of george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
1789 Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock) was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of james Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
1820 On this day in history birth of patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1820 Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897) was born on March - 17.
1825 On March - 17 birth of rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
1826 Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history birth of patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)
1832 Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on this day in history.
1832 Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history birth of gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle
1839 On March - 17 birth of josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)
1846 On this day in history birth of kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)
1848 Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on March - 17.
1856 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on March - 17.
1862 Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930) was born on March - 17.
1866 On March - 17 birth of pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
1870 On March - 17 birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)
1872 On this day in history birth of billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
1873 On this day in history birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)