Famous Personalities Born In March - 06
Sunday, 17 August 2025
1340 John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.
1405 On this day in history birth of johan II, King of Castille
1405 On this day in history birth of king John II of Castile (d. 1454)
1459 On this day in history birth of jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant
1475 On March - 06 birth of michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564)
1483 Francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna was born on March - 06.
1492 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer was born on this day in history.
1495 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione) was born on March - 06.
1615 Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y) was born on March - 06.
1616 Malachias Siebenhaar, composer was born on this day in history.
1619 Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright (Voyage to the Moon) was born on this day in history.
1663 On this day in history birth of francis Atterbury, British man of letters (d. 1732)
1698 John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist was born on this day in history.
1706 George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792) was born on March - 06.
1710 Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli, composer was born on this day in history.
1716 Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779) was born on March - 06.
1740 On this day in history birth of giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)
1761 On March - 06 birth of earl d'Andreossi, French general/member of parliament
1761 Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.
1763 On this day in history birth of jean Xavier Lefevre, composer
1765 Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist/vicar was born on March - 06.
1779 Philipp Roth, composer was born on March - 06.
1785 Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer was born on March - 06.
1787 On this day in history birth of joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum)
1791 Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures was born on March - 06.
1793 On March - 06 birth of bernhard Joseph Klein, composer
1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese) was born on March - 06.
1812 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking was born on this day in history.
1817 Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.
1818 William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history birth of horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General (Union volunteers)
1831 On this day in history birth of friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)
1831 On March - 06 birth of philip Henry Sheridan, Albany NY, Major General (Union Army)
1834 On this day in history birth of george du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)