Famous Birthdays In March - 17

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

1628  On March - 17 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  On this day in history birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter  

1725  Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806) was born on March - 17.  

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  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  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  Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history 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 March - 17.  

1848  On March - 17 birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer  

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  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  Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on March - 17.  

1873  Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on March - 17.  

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0045  On March - 17 death of titus Labienus, Roman leader  

0180  On this day in history antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58  

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

0659  On this day in history gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32  

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

1058  Death of King Lulach I of Scotland on this day in history.  

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

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