On this day

What happened on March 17?

Discover what happened on March 17 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Births

  • 1800: Carl Friedrich Zöllner (German composer (1800–1860))
  • 1800: Rudolf Ewald Stier (German theologian (1800-1862))
  • 1800: Christian Karl Zedelius (German politician (1800-1878))
  • 1800: Johann David Schlichthorst
  • 1800: Patricio de Azcárate Corral (Spanish politician (1800-1886))
  • 1800: John E. Paterson (American politician)
  • 1800: Juraj Duboković (Roman Catholic bishop (1800-1874))
  • 1800: James Patrick Mahon (Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and mercenary (1800-1891))
  • 1800: Gilbert Elliot (priest and Dean of Bristol (1800–1891))
  • 1800: Friedrich Christian Vogel (German priest, writer, poet and politician)
  • 1800: Caroline Mary Carne (Peerage person ID=638455)
  • 1801: Pius Zingerle (Scholar, Syrian specialist (1801–1881))
  • 1801: Simhah Pinsker (Ukrainian writer (1801-1864))
  • 1801: Domenico Piraino (Italian politician (1801-1864))
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  • 1802: Peter Wilhelm Werhahn (German entrepreneur)
  • 1802: Jules Correvon (Swiss politician (1802-1865))
  • 1802: Ivan Aleksandrovich Annenkov (Russian military officer, dekabrist (1802–1878))
  • 1802: Manuel Joaquim Fernandes de Barros (Brazilian politician (1802-1840))
  • 1802: Jean-Adolphe Papin (French painter)
  • 1802: Marià Pellicer
  • 1802: Sofya Karamzina
  • 1802: Richard Patrick Smith (roman-catholic archbishop (1802-1852))
  • 1802: Anna Malcomson (d.1879)
  • 1803: Carl Jacob Löwig (German chemist (1803–1890))
  • 1804: Jim Bridger (American explorer (1804-1881))
  • 1804: August Joseph Altenhöfer (German journalist (1804-1876))
  • 1804: Jim Bridger (American explorer (1804-1881))
  • 1804: August Joseph Altenhöfer (German journalist (1804-1876))
  • 1804: Roberto Villanueva (Paraguayan author (1804–1848))
  • 1804: George St Patrick Lawrence (officer in the British Indian Army)
  • 1804: David Wager (American politician)
  • 1804: James Thomas Clephan (Journalist, newspaper editor, antiquary, poet)
  • 1804: Fuller Pilch (cricketer (1804-1870))
  • 1804: Christian Schøller
  • 1804: Louis Charles Valette (French politician (1804-1870))
  • 1804: Antti Särkelä (Finnish watchmaker)
  • 1804: Francisco Gomes Ramos da Silveira Coutinho
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  • 1804: Lydia ffolliott ((1804-1895))
  • 1804: August Joseph Altenhöfer (German journalist (1804-1876))
  • 1804: Roberto Villanueva (Paraguayan author (1804–1848))
  • 1804: George St Patrick Lawrence (officer in the British Indian Army)
  • 1804: David Wager (American politician)
  • 1804: James Thomas Clephan (Journalist, newspaper editor, antiquary, poet)
  • 1804: Fuller Pilch (cricketer (1804-1870))
  • 1804: Christian Schøller
  • 1804: Louis Charles Valette (French politician (1804-1870))
  • 1804: Antti Särkelä (Finnish watchmaker)
  • 1804: Francisco Gomes Ramos da Silveira Coutinho
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  • 1804: Lydia ffolliott ((1804-1895))
  • 1806: David Van Cauwelaert (teacher)
  • 1807: Karl Mathy (German politician (1807-1868))
  • 1807: Stepan Alexandrovich Khrulev (Russian general)
  • 1807: August Ferdinand Hopfgarten (German portrait, genre and fresco painter (1807-1896))
  • 1807: Augustus Mongredien (British chess player (1807–1888))
  • 1807: Rodolphe Darricau (French colonial administrator (1807-1877))
  • 1807: Chrysostome Liausu (French Catholic priest that helped start the Roman Catholic mission in the Eastern Oceania and was the Prefect Apostolic of Southern Oceania)
  • 1807: Anna Stridh
  • 1807: John Frederick Gordon ((1807-1875))
  • 1807: Amy Rebecca Twisden ((1807-1871))
  • 1807: Surgn.-Maj. William Odell ((1807-1865))
  • 1807: Josef Ruda (botanist (1807-1875))
  • 1807: Ernest de Talleyrand-Périgord ((1807-1871))
  • 1807: Remi Brasseur
  • 1807: Karl Mathy (German politician (1807-1868))
  • 1807: Stepan Alexandrovich Khrulev (Russian general)
  • 1807: August Ferdinand Hopfgarten (German portrait, genre and fresco painter (1807-1896))
  • 1807: Augustus Mongredien (British chess player (1807–1888))
  • 1807: Rodolphe Darricau (French colonial administrator (1807-1877))
  • 1807: Chrysostome Liausu (French Catholic priest that helped start the Roman Catholic mission in the Eastern Oceania and was the Prefect Apostolic of Southern Oceania)
  • 1807: Anna Stridh
  • 1807: John Frederick Gordon ((1807-1875))
  • 1807: Amy Rebecca Twisden ((1807-1871))
  • 1807: Surgn.-Maj. William Odell ((1807-1865))
  • 1807: Josef Ruda (botanist (1807-1875))
  • 1807: Ernest de Talleyrand-Périgord ((1807-1871))
  • 1807: Remi Brasseur
  • 1808: Pierre-Louis Dietsch (French composer and conductor (1808–1865))
  • 1808: Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen (British geologist (1808-1884))
  • 1808: Thomas J. D. Fuller (American politician (1808-1876))
  • 1808: Frederic Barker (Australian bishop)
  • 1808: John Covode (American politician)
  • 1808: Thomas à Becket (actor and musician (1808-1890))
  • 1808: Alexandre de Lavergne (17 Mar 1808 – certain 11 Apr 1879)
  • 1808: Carl Jacob Munck af Fulkila (Peerage person ID=103417)
  • 1808: Gerard Baillie ((1808-1886))
  • 1808: Emily Villebois ((1808-1832))
  • 1808: Mary Ann Phillips ((1808-1856))
  • 1808: Wilhelm III. von Arco
  • 1808: Carolus Ceuppens (curate)
  • 1808: Petrus Dingenen (almoner)
  • 1808: Carolus Ceuppens (curate)
  • 1808: Petrus Dingenen (almoner)
  • 1808: Adolphe Hugues Lebrun de La Messardière (French official (19th century))
  • 1810: Louis-Philippe Lagarde (French politician (1810-1879))
  • 1810: Giovanni Miani (Italian explorer (1810-1872))
  • 1810: James Lloyd (English-born French botanist and explorer (1810–1896))
  • 1810: Matsudaira Yoritaka ([松平頼位] daimyo of the late Edo period; 8th and 10th lord of Shishido)
  • 1810: William Yolland (Military surveyor, astronomer, and engineer (1810-1885))
  • 1810: Alfonso Barracco (Italian politician)
  • 1810: Peter Anton Schleyer
  • 1810: Frederik Haslund (Norwegian headmaster)
  • 1810: William Froggatt Bethell (English Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of Yorkshire)
  • 1810: George Evans-Freke, 7th Baron Carbery ((1810-1889))
  • 1810: Julia Ferry ((1810-1883))
  • 1810: George Tawke Kemp ((1810-1877))
  • 1810: Mary Spottiswoode ((1810-1889))
  • 1810: Elek ‘Sigmond (businessman)
  • 1810: Ariste Potton
  • 1811: Karl Gutzkow (German writer (1811-1878))
  • 1811: Moritz von Denicke
  • 1811: Daniel Skärberg (Swedish musician (1811–1893))
  • 1811: Patrick Donahoe (Irish American publisher (1811–1901))
  • 1811: Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (British politician (1811–1896))
  • 1811: Thomas Edward Taylor (British politician (1811–1883))
  • 1811: Tobias A. Plants (American congressman (1811-1887))
  • 1811: Ferdinand Bauditz
  • 1811: Pieter Ham
  • 1811: Josef Erl ((1811-1874))
  • 1811: Carl Heinrich Strabel
  • 1811: Reginald Edward Copleston ((born 1811))
  • 1811: Ignacio Arana Garzarán
  • 1811: Karel Marinus Giltay (Dutch physician (1811-1891))
  • 1811: Henry Hawking ((1811-1881))
  • 1811: James Rowe ((1811-1868))
  • 1811: Franz Heiss
  • 1811: Petrus Maesfrancx (director)
  • 1812: Edward Hammond (American politician (1812-1882))
  • 1812: Hermann von Keyserlingk ((1812-1880))
  • 1812: Major Knight (American politician)
  • 1812: Frederick Hollister (American businessman and politician)
  • 1812: Jules Canonge (French poet (1812-1870))
  • 1812: Alexander L. Collins (American pioneer, first Governor of Wisconsin)
  • 1812: John Nathaniel Micklethwait ((born 1812))
  • 1813: August Gottfried Knoche y sus momias (German physician (1813-1901))
  • 1813: Anton Dominik Fernkorn (Austrian sculptor (1813–1878))
  • 1813: Nathan T. Stratton (American politician (1813-1887))
  • 1813: Giuseppe Mancinelli (Italian painter (1813-1875))
  • 1813: Johann Jakob Rüttimann (Swiss politician and judge (1813-1876))
  • 1813: Alexander Craig Gibson (English folklorist (1813-1874))
  • 1813: Hermann Alexander von Berlepsch (German writer and revolutionary (1814-1883))
  • 1813: Sarah S. Jacobs (American author, civic worker (1813-1902))
  • 1813: Jules Hochet (French industrialist)
  • 1813: Ann Gilrye ((1813-1896))
  • 1813: Alphonse Durand (French architect (1813-1882))
  • 1813: Josef Melion
  • 1813: Maria Louisa St. John ((1813-1861))
  • 1813: Jacob Lang
  • 1813: Gustaaf Mols (17 Mar 1813 Leuven – 3 May 1890 Antwerpen)
  • 1813: Josef Melion
  • 1813: August Gottfried Knoche y sus momias (German physician (1813-1901))
  • 1813: Anton Dominik Fernkorn (Austrian sculptor (1813–1878))
  • 1813: Nathan T. Stratton (American politician (1813-1887))
  • 1813: Giuseppe Mancinelli (Italian painter (1813-1875))
  • 1813: Johann Jakob Rüttimann (Swiss politician and judge (1813-1876))
  • 1813: Alexander Craig Gibson (English folklorist (1813-1874))
  • 1813: Hermann Alexander von Berlepsch (German writer and revolutionary (1814-1883))
  • 1813: Sarah S. Jacobs (American author, civic worker (1813-1902))
  • 1813: Jules Hochet (French industrialist)
  • 1813: Ann Gilrye ((1813-1896))
  • 1813: Alphonse Durand (French architect (1813-1882))
  • 1813: Maria L