Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Sunday, 17 August 2025
1338 Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.
1445 Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.
1473 Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.
1581 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.
1585 On this day in history birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
1609 Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.
1631 On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1634 Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.
1651 On this day in history birth of zaccaria Tevo, composer
1654 Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on March - 16.
1663 On March - 16 birth of nicholas Siret, composer
1687 Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.
1729 On this day in history birth of georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
1739 On March - 16 birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1745 On March - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
1750 On this day in history birth of caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
1751 On March - 16 birth of james Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
1757 On March - 16 birth of bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
1773 Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836) was born on March - 16.
1774 On this day in history birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)
1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs was born on this day in history.
1787 On this day in history birth of georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
1789 On March - 16 birth of georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854)
1794 On this day in history birth of ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)
1800 Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846) was born on this day in history.
1802 George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 was born on this day in history.
1805 Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861) was born on March - 16.
1806 Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner) was born on this day in history.
1812 Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 was born on March - 16.
1814 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer was born on March - 16.
1821 On this day in history birth of ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
1822 John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on March - 16.
1822 On this day in history birth of rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
1823 William Henry Monk, composer was born on March - 16.