Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Thursday, 28 September 2023
1231 Emperor ShijÅ 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 Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on this day in history.
1628 Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on this day in history.
1664 On this day in history birth of georg Osterreich, composer
1675 On March - 17 birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
1676 On March - 17 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 On this day in history birth of jan David Holland, composer
1777 On March - 17 birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
1780 On March - 17 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 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 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 March - 17.
1820 On this day in history birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
1825 Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on this day in history.
1826 Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1848 On this day in history birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
1856 On this day in history birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)
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 Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on March - 17.
1872 Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on this day in history.
1873 Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on March - 17.