Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1231 On this day in history birth of emperor ShijÅ of Japan (d. 1242)
1473 James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on this day in history.
1578 On this day in history birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
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 March - 17 birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)
1685 On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
1725 Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.
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 March - 17 birth of dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
1781 On this day in history birth of ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)
1787 On this day in history birth of george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
1789 On March - 17 birth of edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)
1804 James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance was born on March - 17.
1820 On March - 17 birth of patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1820 Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.
1825 Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on March - 17.
1826 On March - 17 birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)
1828 On this day in history birth of patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)
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 Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle was born on March - 17.
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 this day in history.
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 March - 17 birth of silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
1866 Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.
1870 Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on March - 17.
1872 Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on March - 17.
1873 On March - 17 birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)