Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Monday, 29 December 2025
1338 On March - 16 birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) 

1445 Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history. 

1473 On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) 

1581 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history. 

1585 Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16. 

1609 Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history. 

1631 On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) 

1634 On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist 

1651 On this day in history birth of zaccaria Tevo, composer 

1654 Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on March - 16. 

1663 Nicholas Siret, composer was born on March - 16. 

1687 On this day in history birth of sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757) 

1729 On March - 16 birth of georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic) 

1739 George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) was born on this day in history. 

1745 On March - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer 

1750 On March - 16 birth of caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer 

1751 James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17) was born on March - 16. 

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

1773 On this day in history 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 On March - 16 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 Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) was born on this day in history. 

1794 On this day in history birth of ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881) 

1800 On this day in history birth of emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846) 

1802 George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 was born on March - 16. 

1805 Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861) was born on this day in history. 

1806 On March - 16 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 On this day in history 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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