Famous Personalities Born In March - 17
Sunday, 09 February 2025
1231 Emperor ShijÅ of Japan (d. 1242) was born on March - 17.
1473 James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on this day in history.
1578 On March - 17 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 March - 17.
1675 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.
1676 On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)
1685 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on this day in history.
1725 On this day in history birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)
1746 Jan David Holland, composer was born on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
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 Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849) was born on March - 17.
1787 George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on March - 17.
1789 Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock) was born on March - 17.
1804 On this day in history birth of james Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
1820 On March - 17 birth of patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1820 On this day in history birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
1825 Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on this day in history.
1826 Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on this day in history.
1828 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on March - 17.
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 Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born on this day in history.
1846 On March - 17 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 this day in history.
1862 On this day in history birth of silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
1866 On March - 17 birth of pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
1870 On this day in history birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)
1872 Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on March - 17.
1873 Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on March - 17.