Famous Personalities Born In March - 17

1231  On March - 17 birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)   

1473  On March - 17 birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

1578  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.   

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on March - 17.   

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  On this day in history birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer   

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on March - 17.   

1685  Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on March - 17.   

1725  On March - 17 birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)   

1746  On March - 17 birth of jan David Holland, composer   

1777  On this day in history birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)   

1780  On March - 17 birth of thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)   

1781  On March - 17 birth of dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies   

1781  Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849) was born on March - 17.   

1787  George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on March - 17.   

1789  On this day in history birth of edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)   

1804  James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance was born on March - 17.   

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  On March - 17 birth of rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)   

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  Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history birth of walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1834  Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle was born on March - 17.   

1839  Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history birth of kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)   

1848  On this day in history birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer   

1856  Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on March - 17.   

1862  Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history birth of billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)   

1873  On March - 17 birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)   

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0045  Death of Titus Labienus, Roman leader on March - 17.   

0180  Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 on March - 17.   

0461  St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) on March - 17.   

0659  On this day in history gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32   

1040  On March - 17 harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies   

1058  On March - 17 death of king Lulach I of Scotland   

1199  Death of Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow on this day in history.   

1272  On March - 17 death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)