Famous Personalities Born In March - 17

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

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

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

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

1664  Georg Osterreich, composer was born on March - 17.   

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  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  Jan David Holland, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on March - 17.   

1826  Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on March - 17.   

1828  On this day in history birth of patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1832  On March - 17 birth of moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)   

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  On this day in history birth of josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)   

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

1848  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on March - 17.   

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

1862  On March - 17 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  Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on March - 17.   

1872  On March - 17 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  On March - 17 death of titus Labienus, Roman leader   

0180  On March - 17 antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58   

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 this day in history death of king Lulach I of Scotland   

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

1272  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)