Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1338 On this day in history 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 Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.
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 March - 16.
1609 On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer
1631 On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1634 Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.
1651 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1687 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 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 this day in history birth of johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs
1787 On March - 16 birth of georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
1789 Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) was born on March - 16.
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 March - 16.
1805 Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861) was born on March - 16.
1806 On March - 16 birth of norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
1812 On March - 16 birth of henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1814 On this day in history birth of jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer
1821 On March - 16 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 this day in history.
1823 William Henry Monk, composer was born on this day in history.