Famous Personalities Born 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  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  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  On March - 17 birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer   

1676  On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)   

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  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  On March - 17 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  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  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 March - 17 birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)   

1825  On March - 17 birth of rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)   

1826  On this day in history birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)   

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 March - 17.   

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  On March - 17 birth of josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)   

1846  On March - 17 birth of kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)   

1848  On this day in history 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 March - 17 birth of pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)   

1870  Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.   

1872  On March - 17 birth of billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)   

1873  On March - 17 birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)   

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0045  Death of Titus Labienus, Roman leader on March - 17.   

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

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 March - 17.   

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

1058  Death of King Lulach I of Scotland on March - 17.   

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

1272  Death of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) on March - 17.