1895 Birthday William V S Tubman, Whig, 17th Liberian president, 1943-70 1874 Birthday Viscount Palmerston, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1855-65 1844 Event Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate 1836 Event Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa 1836 Event Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany New York) 1800 Birthday Millard Fillmore, Locke, New York, Whig, 13th president, 1850-53 1792 Birthday John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM, 1846-52, 1865-66 1784 Birthday Zachary Taylor, Whig, 12th President, Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850 1779 Birthday William Lamb, Whig, Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister, 1834, 1835-41 1764 Birthday Charles Earl Grey, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1830-34 1759 Birthday Baron Grenville, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1806-07 1730 Birthday Marquess of Rockingham, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1765-66, 1782 1708 Birthday William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner' 1689 Event Battle of Killicrankie, Viscount Dundee defeats Whig General MacKay 1683 Death Algernon Sidney, English Whig politician/plotter, beheaded 1676 Birthday Robert Walpole, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1721-42 1661 Birthday Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier, Whig, 1710-14 1651 Birthday John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700
