Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
1231 On March - 17 birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)
1473 On this day in history 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 Georg Osterreich, composer was born on March - 17.
1675 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.
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 this day in history.
1725 On March - 17 birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)
1746 Jan David Holland, composer was born on March - 17.
1777 On this day in history birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
1780 On this day in history birth of thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)
1781 On this day in history birth of dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
1781 On March - 17 birth of ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)
1787 On March - 17 birth of george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
1789 On March - 17 birth of edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)
1804 On this day in history birth of james Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
1820 Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on March - 17.
1820 On this day in history birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
1825 On March - 17 birth of rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
1826 On this day in history birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)
1828 On this day in history birth of patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)
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 this day in history.
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 On March - 17 birth of kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)
1848 Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on this day in history.
1856 On March - 17 birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)
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 On this day in history birth of billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
1873 On this day in history birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)