Famous Personalities Born In March - 17

1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

1578  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.   

1628  On this day in history birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian   

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)   

1685  On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter   

1725  On March - 17 birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)   

1746  On this day in history birth of jan David Holland, composer   

1777  On March - 17 birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)   

1780  Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47) was born on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history birth of dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies   

1781  Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849) was born on March - 17.   

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 March - 17.   

1804  James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance was born on this day in history.   

1820  Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on March - 17.   

1820  On March - 17 birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)   

1825  Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on March - 17.   

1826  On this day in history birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)   

1828  Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history birth of moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)   

1832  On this day in history birth of walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1834  On this day in history birth of gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle   

1839  Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born on March - 17.   

1846  Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) was born on March - 17.   

1848  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on March - 17.   

1856  On March - 17 birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)   

1862  Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930) was born on March - 17.   

1866  On this day in history birth of pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)   

1870  Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.   

1872  Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)   

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0045  Death of Titus Labienus, Roman leader on March - 17.   

0180  Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

0461  On this day in history st Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)   

0659  Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

1040  On this day in history harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies   

1058  On March - 17 death of king Lulach I of Scotland   

1199  Death of Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow on this day in history.   

1272  Death of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) on March - 17.