Famous Birthdays In February - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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.