Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Friday, 11 July 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 March - 16.
1473 On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
1581 On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
1585 On this day in history birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
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 this day in history.
1651 Zaccaria Tevo, composer was born on March - 16.
1654 Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on March - 16.
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 this day in history.
1729 On this day in history birth of georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
1739 On this day in history birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1745 On March - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
1750 On this day in history 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 On March - 16 birth of bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
1773 Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1774 On March - 16 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 this day in history.
1789 Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) was born on March - 16.
1794 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881) was born on March - 16.
1800 On this day in history birth of emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846)
1802 On March - 16 birth of george Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1805 On this day in history 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 On March - 16 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 March - 16 birth of ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
1822 John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history birth of rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
1823 William Henry Monk, composer was born on this day in history.