Famous Birthdays In February - 17

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

1490  On February - 17 birth of charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)   

1519  On this day in history birth of francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)   

1581  Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on February - 17.   

1583  On this day in history birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.   

1667  On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer   

1675  On February - 17 birth of johann Melchior Conradi, composer   

1696  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1699  On this day in history birth of hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)   

1718  On February - 17 birth of matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)   

1723  Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination was born on this day in history.   

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

1747  Narciso Casanovas, composer was born on February - 17.   

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

1754  On this day in history birth of jan Jachym Kopriva, composer   

1754  On February - 17 birth of nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)   

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

1774  On February - 17 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

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

1796  On this day in history birth of giovanni Pacini, composer   

1796  On February - 17 birth of philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)   

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

1816  On this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer   

1816  Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history birth of henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)   

1820  Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history birth of lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)   

1824  On this day in history birth of william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

1831  On February - 17 birth of francisco Salvador Daniel, composer   

1836  Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870) was born on February - 17.   

1837  On February - 17 birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902   

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

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  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

1600  On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)