Famous Birthdays In December - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1239 On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)
1267 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)
1493 Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.
1554 On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne
1619 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.
1619 On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)
1632 Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.
1638 Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.
1685 On December - 17 birth of thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740)
1706 Chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer was born on December - 17.
1706 Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire) was born on December - 17.
1734 William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on December - 17.
1734 Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816) was born on December - 17.
1749 On December - 17 birth of domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto)
1770 Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer was born on this day in history.
1778 Hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements) was born on December - 17.
1796 On this day in history birth of thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865)
1797 On this day in history birth of joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism
1800 Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary) was born on December - 17.
1801 On December - 17 birth of johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia)
1807 On December - 17 birth of john Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound)
1819 On December - 17 birth of samuel Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1820 Frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on December - 17.
1821 Frederick West Lander, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.
1824 John Kerr, System physicist (electro-visually Kerr-effect) was born on December - 17.
1824 On this day in history birth of manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1824 Thomas Starr King, NY, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity) was born on this day in history.
1830 On December - 17 birth of jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie)
1833 On this day in history birth of james Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1835 On December - 17 birth of alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology
1838 On December - 17 birth of berthold Tours, composer
1840 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born on December - 17.
1842 On December - 17 birth of marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)
1847 On this day in history birth of Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)