Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1338 On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)
1445 On this day in history birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
1473 On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
1581 On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
1585 On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
1609 Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.
1631 On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1634 Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.
1651 On March - 16 birth of zaccaria Tevo, composer
1654 On this day in history birth of andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1663 Nicholas Siret, composer was born on this day in history.
1687 On March - 16 birth of sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757)
1729 Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic) was born on this day in history.
1739 George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) was born on March - 16.
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 this day in history.
1751 On this day in history birth of james Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
1757 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen) was born on March - 16.
1773 Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1774 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) was born on this day in history.
1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs was born on this day in history.
1787 Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on this day in history.
1789 Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) was born on March - 16.
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 On this day in history birth of george Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1805 On March - 16 birth of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1806 Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner) was born on this day in history.
1812 Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 was born on this day in history.
1814 On this day in history birth of jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer
1821 On this day in history birth of ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
1822 On this day in history birth of john Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1822 Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill) was born on this day in history.
1823 William Henry Monk, composer was born on this day in history.