Famous Personalities Born In May - 17
Saturday, 08 February 2025
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 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.
1451 Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.
1490 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.
1551 On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist
1551 On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)
1568 On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer
1576 Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 17.
1628 On this day in history birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)
1682 On May - 17 birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
1691 On May - 17 birth of antoine Court, French reformed theologist
1706 On May - 17 birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
1718 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 On May - 17 birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination
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 Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) was born on May - 17.
1794 On this day in history birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer
1796 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on May - 17.
1800 Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on May - 17.
1803 On this day in history birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist
1804 Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on May - 17.
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 this day in history.
1819 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on this day in history.
1821 On May - 17 birth of sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)
1823 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on May - 17.
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 On May - 17 birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)