Famous Birthdays In March - 17

1231  On this day in history birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)  

1473  James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on this day in history.  

1578  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer  

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.  

1685  Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on this day in history.  

1725  On this day in history birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)  

1746  On this day in history birth of jan David Holland, composer  

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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 this day in history.  

1781  On this day in history birth of dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies  

1781  On March - 17 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 March - 17.  

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 March - 17.  

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  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  On this day in history 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  On March - 17 birth of gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle  

1839  On this day in history 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  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on March - 17.  

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  Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939) was born on March - 17.  

1870  On March - 17 birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)  

1872  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of titus Labienus, Roman leader  

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

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

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

1040  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)