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

1628  On March - 17 birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian   

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

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

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  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.   

1777  On March - 17 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  Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.   

1787  George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) was born on this day in history.   

1789  Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.   

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

1826  On March - 17 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  Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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0045  Death of Titus Labienus, Roman leader on this day in history.   

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 March - 17.   

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  On March - 17 death of king Lulach I of Scotland   

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.