Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Friday, 29 March 2024
1231 On March - 17 birth of emperor ShijÅ of Japan (d. 1242)
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 this day in history.
1628 On March - 17 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 Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.
1685 On this day in history 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 Jan David Holland, composer was born on this day in history.
1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) was born on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history 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 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 March - 17.
1820 Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on March - 17.
1820 On this day in history birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
1825 On March - 17 birth of rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
1826 Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on March - 17.
1828 On March - 17 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 On this day in history birth of walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1834 Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle was born on March - 17.
1839 On this day in history 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 On March - 17 birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
1856 On March - 17 birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)
1862 Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930) was born on this day in history.
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 On March - 17 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)