Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Sunday, 09 February 2025
1338 Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.
1445 Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.
1473 On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
1581 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.
1585 Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.
1609 On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer
1631 On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1634 On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist
1651 On March - 16 birth of zaccaria Tevo, composer
1654 On March - 16 birth of andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1663 Nicholas Siret, composer was born on March - 16.
1687 On this day in history birth of sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757)
1729 On this day in history birth of georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
1739 On this day in history birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1745 On March - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer was born on March - 16.
1751 On March - 16 birth of james Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
1757 On March - 16 birth of bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
1773 Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1774 On March - 16 birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)
1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs was born on this day in history.
1787 On March - 16 birth of georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
1789 Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) was born on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history birth of ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)
1800 On this day in history birth of emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846)
1802 George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 was born on this day in history.
1805 On March - 16 birth of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1806 On this day in history birth of norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
1812 Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 was born on this day in history.
1814 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer was born on this day in history.
1821 Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau) was born on March - 16.
1822 John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on March - 16.
1822 On March - 16 birth of rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
1823 On March - 16 birth of william Henry Monk, composer