Famous Birthdays In March - 17

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

1473  On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)  

1578  On March - 17 birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)  

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

1664  On this day in history 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  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 March - 17.  

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

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1777  Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1781  On March - 17 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 this day in history 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  Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on March - 17.  

1826  Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on this day in history.  

1828  Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on March - 17.  

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  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  Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) was born on March - 17.  

1848  On March - 17 birth of horace Wadham Nicholl, composer  

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  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  Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on this day in history.  

1873  On March - 17 birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)  

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0045  On this day in history death of titus Labienus, Roman leader  

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 this day in history harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies  

1058  On this day in history death of king Lulach I of Scotland  

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.