births
March 16, 1839
John Butler Yeats, Irish painter (died 1922)
John Butler Yeats
John Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lollie" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a number of his portraits in oil and works on paper, including one of his portraits of his son William, painted in 1900.
March 16
March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 290 days remain until the end of the year.