Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
1338 Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.
1445 On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
1473 On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
1581 On March - 16 birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
1585 Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.
1609 On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer
1631 René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.
1634 Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.
1651 On March - 16 birth of zaccaria Tevo, composer
1654 Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.
1663 Nicholas Siret, composer was born on March - 16.
1687 On March - 16 birth of sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757)
1729 Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic) was born on March - 16.
1739 On March - 16 birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1745 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer was born on March - 16.
1750 On this day in history birth of caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
1751 On this day in history birth of james Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
1757 On this day in history birth of bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
1773 On March - 16 birth of juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
1774 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) was born on March - 16.
1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs was born on this day in history.
1787 Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on March - 16.
1789 Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) was born on this day in history.
1794 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881) was born on this day in history.
1800 Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846) was born on March - 16.
1802 George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 was born on this day in history.
1805 On March - 16 birth of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1806 On this day in history birth of norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
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 this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
1822 On March - 16 birth of john Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1822 On this day in history birth of rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
1823 On March - 16 birth of william Henry Monk, composer