Famous Birthdays In March - 17
Thursday, 11 August 2022
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 March - 17.
1578 On this day in history birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
1628 Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on March - 17.
1664 Georg Osterreich, composer was born on March - 17.
1675 On this day in history birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
1676 Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.
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 Jan David Holland, composer was born on March - 17.
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 March - 17.
1781 Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies was born on this day in history.
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 March - 17.
1804 James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance was born on March - 17.
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 On March - 17 birth of rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
1826 Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder) was born on March - 17.
1828 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1846 On March - 17 birth of kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)
1848 Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on March - 17.
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 this day in history birth of pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
1870 On this day in history birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)
1872 On March - 17 birth of billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
1873 Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on this day in history.