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 March - 17 birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)  

1628  On this day in history birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian  

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

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

1676  On March - 17 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  Jan David Holland, composer was born on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history birth of ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)  

1787  On this day in history birth of george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)  

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  On March - 17 birth of patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

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  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 March - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

1846  On March - 17 birth of kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)  

1848  On this day in history birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer  

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

1040  Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies on March - 17.  

1058  Death of King Lulach I of Scotland on March - 17.  

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

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