Famous Birthdays In March - 16

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 this day in history.  

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 March - 16.  

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  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.  

1651  Zaccaria Tevo, composer was born on March - 16.  

1654  Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

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1663  On this day in history birth of nicholas Siret, composer  

1687  Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757) was born on March - 16.  

1729  On March - 16 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  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer was born on March - 16.  

1750  Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer was born on March - 16.  

1751  On March - 16 birth of james Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)  

1757  Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen) was born on March - 16.  

1773  On March - 16 birth of juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)  

1774  On this day in history birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)  

1776  On this day in history birth of johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs  

1787  Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on March - 16.  

1789  On March - 16 birth of georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854)  

1794  Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 16.  

1805  On this day in history birth of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)  

1806  Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner) was born on March - 16.  

1812  On this day in history birth of henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869  

1814  On March - 16 birth of jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer  

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  Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill) was born on March - 16.  

1823  On this day in history birth of william Henry Monk, composer  

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0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.  

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III  

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on this day in history.  

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies  

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.  

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.  

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.  

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45