Famous Birthdays In March - 17

1231  On March - 17 birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)  

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

1664  On this day in history 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 March - 17.  

1685  On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter  

1725  On this day in history birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)  

1746  On March - 17 birth of jan David Holland, composer  

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

1780  On this day in history birth of thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)  

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  On March - 17 birth of edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)  

1804  James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance was born on March - 17.  

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  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 March - 17.  

1832  On March - 17 birth of moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)  

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 this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history birth of kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)  

1848  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on this day in history.  

1856  On March - 17 birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)  

1862  Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930) was born on March - 17.  

1866  Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939) was born on March - 17.  

1870  On this day in history birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)  

1872  Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) was born on March - 17.  

1873  Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) was born on this day in history.  

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0045  Death of Titus Labienus, Roman leader on this day in history.  

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

1040  On this day in history harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies  

1058  On March - 17 death of king Lulach I of Scotland  

1199  On March - 17 death of jocelin, bishop of Glasgow  

1272  Death of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) on this day in history.