Famous Birthdays In March - 17

1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on March - 17.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1664  On this day in history birth of georg Osterreich, composer  

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

1676  On March - 17 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 this day in history.  

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

1777  On March - 17 birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)  

1780  On March - 17 birth of thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)  

1781  On this day in history birth of dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies  

1781  On March - 17 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  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 March - 17.  

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

1825  Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) was born on this day in history.  

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

1828  On March - 17 birth of patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1832  Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)  

1846  Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) was born on this day in history.  

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

1856  On this day in history birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)  

1862  On March - 17 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  Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on March - 17.  

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0045  Death of Titus Labienus, Roman leader on March - 17.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1040  On March - 17 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 this day in history.