Famous Personalities Born In March - 16
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
1338 Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.
1445 On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
1473 Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.
1581 On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
1585 Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.
1609 Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.
1631 On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1634 Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.
1651 On March - 16 birth of zaccaria Tevo, composer
1654 On March - 16 birth of andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1663 On this day in history birth of nicholas Siret, composer
1687 Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757) was born on March - 16.
1729 Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic) was born on March - 16.
1739 On March - 16 birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
1745 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer was born on March - 16.
1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer was born on March - 16.
1751 On this day in history birth of james Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
1757 On this day in history birth of bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
1773 Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1774 On this day in history birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)
1776 On March - 16 birth of johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs
1787 On March - 16 birth of georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
1789 Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854) was born on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history birth of ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)
1800 On March - 16 birth of emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846)
1802 George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 was born on March - 16.
1805 On this day in history birth of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1806 Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner) was born on this day in history.
1812 Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 was born on this day in history.
1814 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer was born on March - 16.
1821 On this day in history birth of ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
1822 On this day in history birth of john Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1822 Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill) was born on this day in history.
1823 William Henry Monk, composer was born on this day in history.