Famous Personalities Born In March - 17

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

1473  On March - 17 birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

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

1628  On March - 17 birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian   

1664  Georg Osterreich, composer was born on March - 17.   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.   

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter   

1725  On March - 17 birth of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)   

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

1777  On this day in history birth of roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)   

1780  Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1832  Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) was born on March - 17.   

1832  Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 17.   

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

1848  Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer was born on March - 17.   

1856  Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

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

1866  On this day in history birth of pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)   

1870  On March - 17 birth of horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)   

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

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32   

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  Death of Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow on this day in history.   

1272  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)