Famous Birthdays In March - 17

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

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

1664  On this day in history 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  Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

1746  On March - 17 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 this day in history.  

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

1787  On this day in history birth of george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)  

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 this day in history.  

1820  Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1820  Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897) was born on March - 17.  

1825  Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on March - 17.  

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

1832  On March - 17 birth of walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1834  On March - 17 birth of gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle  

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

1856  Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.  

1862  Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930) was born on March - 17.  

1866  On March - 17 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  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  Death of Titus Labienus, Roman leader on this day in history.  

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

0461  On this day in history st Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)  

0659  Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 on this day in history.  

1040  Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies on this day in history.  

1058  On this day in history death of king Lulach I of Scotland  

1199  On March - 17 death of jocelin, bishop of Glasgow  

1272  Death of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) on this day in history.