Famous Birthdays In March - 17

1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on March - 17.  

1473  James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on March - 17.  

1578  On March - 17 birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)  

1628  On this day in history birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian  

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer  

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on this day in history.  

1676  On March - 17 birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)  

1685  On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter  

1725  Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history birth of jan David Holland, composer  

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1777  Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) was born on March - 17.  

1780  On March - 17 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  Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.  

1787  George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on this day in history.  

1789  Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock) was born on March - 17.  

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

1820  On this day in history birth of patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

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  Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on March - 17.  

1828  On March - 17 birth of patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1832  Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930) was born on March - 17.  

1866  Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.  

1870  On March - 17 birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)  

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

1873  Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on this day in history.  

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0045  Death of Titus Labienus, Roman leader on this day in history.  

0180  Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

0659  On March - 17 gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32  

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

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)