Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Thursday, 23 March 2023
1231 Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on this day in history.
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 March - 17 birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
1676 Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.
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 Jan David Holland, composer was born on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
1780 Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47) was born on March - 17.
1781 Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies was born on March - 17.
1781 On this day in history 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 Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock) was born on this day in history.
1804 On March - 17 birth of james Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
1820 Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
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 March - 17 birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)
1828 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.
1832 Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on this day in history.
1832 On March - 17 birth of walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1834 Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle was born on this day in history.
1839 Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born on March - 17.
1846 On March - 17 birth of kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)
1848 On March - 17 birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
1856 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on March - 17.
1862 On this day in history birth of silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
1866 On this day in history birth of pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
1870 On March - 17 birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)
1872 Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on March - 17.
1873 On this day in history birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)