Famous Personalities Born In March - 17

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

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

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 March - 17 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 this day in history.   

1685  Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

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  Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) was born on this day in history.   

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

1781  On March - 17 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 March - 17 birth of george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)   

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  On this day in history birth of patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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 this day in history birth of oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)   

1828  Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 17.   

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  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  Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history birth of billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)   

1873  On March - 17 birth of chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)   

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0045  On March - 17 death of titus Labienus, Roman leader   

0180  Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

0461  St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) on March - 17.   

0659  On March - 17 gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32   

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 March - 17 death of jocelin, bishop of Glasgow   

1272  Death of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) on March - 17.