Famous Birthdays In March - 16

1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.  

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.  

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.  

1581  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 March - 16.  

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

1654  On March - 16 birth of andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)  

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1663  Nicholas Siret, composer was born on this day in history.  

1687  Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1751  James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17) was born on this day in history.  

1757  Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen) was born on this day in history.  

1773  On this day in history birth of juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)  

1774  On March - 16 birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)  

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 this day in history.  

1789  Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) was born on March - 16.  

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  On this day in history birth of george Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868  

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

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

1812  Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 was born on this day in history.  

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

1821  On March - 16 birth of ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)  

1822  On this day in history birth of john Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

1822  On this day in history birth of rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)  

1823  William Henry Monk, composer was born on March - 16.  

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0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)  

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III  

1037  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen  

1072  On this day in history adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies  

1322  On March - 16 death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)  

1410  On March - 16 death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)  

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)  

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.