Famous Personalities Born In December - 17
Friday, 14 February 2025
1239 On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)
1267 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)
1493 On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)
1554 On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne
1619 On December - 17 birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician
1619 On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)
1632 Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.
1638 On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer
1685 Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740) was born on December - 17.
1706 On this day in history birth of chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer
1706 On this day in history birth of gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire)
1734 William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1734 On December - 17 birth of maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)
1749 On December - 17 birth of domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto)
1770 Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer was born on December - 17.
1778 Hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements) was born on December - 17.
1796 Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.
1797 On December - 17 birth of joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism
1800 On December - 17 birth of gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary)
1801 On December - 17 birth of johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia)
1807 On December - 17 birth of john Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound)
1819 Samuel Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on December - 17.
1820 Frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of frederick West Lander, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1824 On this day in history birth of john Kerr, System physicist (electro-visually Kerr-effect)
1824 On December - 17 birth of manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1824 On this day in history birth of thomas Starr King, NY, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity)
1830 Jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie) was born on December - 17.
1833 On this day in history birth of james Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
1835 Alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology was born on December - 17.
1838 Berthold Tours, composer was born on December - 17.
1840 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born on this day in history.
1842 On December - 17 birth of marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups)
1847 On December - 17 birth of Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)