Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Saturday, 23 January 2021
1231 Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on this day in history.
1473 On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)
1578 On March - 17 birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
1628 On March - 17 birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian
1664 On this day in history birth of georg Osterreich, composer
1675 On this day in history birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
1676 On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)
1685 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on March - 17.
1725 Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806) was born on March - 17.
1746 On this day in history birth of jan David Holland, composer
1777 Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) was born on this day in history.
1780 Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47) was born on this day in history.
1781 Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies was born on this day in history.
1781 On March - 17 birth of ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)
1787 On this day in history birth of george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
1789 Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock) was born on March - 17.
1804 On this day in history birth of james Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
1820 On March - 17 birth of patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1820 Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.
1825 Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on March - 17.
1826 Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on this day in history.
1828 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on March - 17.
1832 On this day in history birth of moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)
1832 Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on March - 17.
1834 Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle was born on this day in history.
1839 On March - 17 birth of josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)
1846 Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) was born on March - 17.
1848 On March - 17 birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
1856 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1862 On March - 17 birth of silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
1866 Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.
1870 Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on March - 17.
1872 Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on this day in history.
1873 On March - 17 birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)