Famous Birthdays In May - 17

1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  On this day in history birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.   

1576  On May - 17 birth of ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized   

1628  On May - 17 birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)   

1682  Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1691  Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1706  Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born on May - 17.   

1718  On May - 17 birth of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)   

1732  On May - 17 birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

1741  On May - 17 birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]   

1743  On May - 17 birth of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)   

1749  Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on this day in history.   

1758  John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history birth of caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV   

1768  On this day in history birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)   

1794  Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on May - 17.   

1796  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on May - 17.   

1800  On May - 17 birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer   

1803  On May - 17 birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist   

1804  Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer   

1812  Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on May - 17.   

1819  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on May - 17.   

1821  On May - 17 birth of sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)   

1823  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on this day in history.   

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on May - 17.   

1836  Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on May - 17.   

1844  Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.   

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1050  On this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on May - 17.   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

1510  On this day in history alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.