Famous Birthdays In May - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1155 Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.
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 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.
1551 On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist
1551 On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)
1568 On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer
1576 On May - 17 birth of ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized
1628 Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662) was born on May - 17.
1682 Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on May - 17.
1691 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on May - 17.
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 Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on this day in history.
1741 On May - 17 birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]
1743 Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on May - 17.
1749 On May - 17 birth of edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination
1758 John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on May - 17.
1768 On May - 17 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 On this day in history birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer
1796 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves) was born on this day in history.
1800 On May - 17 birth of carl Friedrich Zollner, composer
1803 Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on this day in history.
1804 Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions) was born on May - 17.
1808 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer was born on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history birth of joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880
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 On May - 17 birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer
1836 On this day in history birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)
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 May - 17.