Famous Birthdays In March - 17

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

1473  James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on March - 17.   

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

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

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  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 March - 17.   

1746  Jan David Holland, composer was born on March - 17.   

1777  On this day in history 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  Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897) was born on March - 17.   

1825  On this day in history birth of rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)   

1826  On March - 17 birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)   

1828  On this day in history birth of patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1832  On March - 17 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  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  On this day in history birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)   

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

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

1058  On March - 17 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.