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  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.  

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on March - 17.  

1664  Georg Osterreich, composer was born on March - 17.  

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.  

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  On March - 17 birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)  

1746  Jan David Holland, composer was born on March - 17.  

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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 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  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  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 this day in history birth of moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)  

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 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  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on this day in history.  

1856  On March - 17 birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)  

1862  On March - 17 birth of silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)  

1866  Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.  

1870  Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on March - 17.  

1872  On this day in history birth of billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)  

1873  On this day in history birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)  

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

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

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  On this day in history death of jocelin, bishop of Glasgow  

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