Famous Birthdays In March - 17

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

1473  On March - 17 birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)  

1578  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.  

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

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer  

1675  On March - 17 birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer  

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1746  Jan David Holland, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 17.  

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  On March - 17 birth of george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)  

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  Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history birth of jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1832  On March - 17 birth of walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1834  Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle was born on this day in history.  

1839  Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born on March - 17.  

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

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

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

1862  On this day in history birth of silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)  

1866  On this day in history 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  Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on March - 17.  

1873  On this day in history 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  On March - 17 antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58  

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 March - 17.  

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

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.