Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1338 Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.
1445 On this day in history birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
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 On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer
1631 On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1634 On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist
1651 Zaccaria Tevo, composer was born on March - 16.
1654 On March - 16 birth of andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1663 On March - 16 birth of nicholas Siret, composer
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 this day in history.
1739 George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1776 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs was born on March - 16.
1787 Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on March - 16.
1789 On this day in history 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 March - 16.
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 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 this day in history.
1814 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer was born on March - 16.
1821 Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau) was born on this day in history.
1822 John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on March - 16.
1822 Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill) was born on March - 16.
1823 William Henry Monk, composer was born on this day in history.