Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Monday, 18 March 2024
1231 Emperor ShijÅ 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 On March - 17 birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
1628 Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on this day in history.
1664 Georg Osterreich, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 March - 17.
1777 On this day in history birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
1780 On this day in history birth of thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)
1781 On March - 17 birth of dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
1781 On this day in history birth of ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)
1787 George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on this day in history.
1789 On March - 17 birth of edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)
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 March - 17 birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
1825 On this day in history 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 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on March - 17.
1832 Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on March - 17.
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 Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born on March - 17.
1846 Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) was born on March - 17.
1848 On this day in history birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
1856 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
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 Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on March - 17.