Famous Birthdays In February - 17

1444  On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist   

1490  On this day in history birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on February - 17.   

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on February - 17.   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on this day in history.   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  On this day in history birth of johann Melchior Conradi, composer   

1696  On February - 17 birth of baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

1697  Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1699  Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci) was born on February - 17.   

1718  Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790) was born on February - 17.   

1723  On February - 17 birth of tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination   

1740  On February - 17 birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

1747  Narciso Casanovas, composer was born on this day in history.   

1752  Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr) was born on February - 17.   

1754  Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born on February - 17.   

1754  Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.   

1758  John Pinkerton, Scottish historian was born on this day in history.   

1774  On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

1781  René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) was born on February - 17.   

1796  Giovanni Pacini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1796  Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) was born on February - 17.   

1804  On February - 17 birth of samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883   

1816  Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer was born on this day in history.   

1816  On February - 17 birth of haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)   

1820  On February - 17 birth of henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)   

1820  On this day in history birth of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)   

1821  Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) was born on February - 17.   

1824  William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903 was born on February - 17.   

1831  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1836  Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.   

1837  Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 was born on February - 17.   

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0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)