Famous Birthdays In March - 17

1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer  

1675  On this day in history birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer  

1676  On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)  

1685  On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter  

1725  Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806) was born on March - 17.  

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

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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  Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies was born on March - 17.  

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 March - 17.  

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

1804  On March - 17 birth of james Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance  

1820  On this day in history birth of patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1820  On March - 17 birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)  

1825  Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on March - 17.  

1826  On March - 17 birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)  

1828  Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

1832  Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on March - 17.  

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  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  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on March - 17.  

1856  Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on March - 17.  

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 March - 17.  

1870  Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.  

1872  Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on March - 17.  

1873  Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on March - 17.  

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0045  On March - 17 death of titus Labienus, Roman leader  

0180  On March - 17 antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58  

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

0659  Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 on March - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

1199  Death of Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow on March - 17.  

1272  On March - 17 death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)