Famous Personalities Born In February - 17
Saturday, 15 March 2025
1444 Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist was born on this day in history.
1490 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1583 On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1646 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.
1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on February - 17.
1667 On February - 17 birth of georg Bronner, composer
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born on this day in history.
1696 On February - 17 birth of baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on February - 17.
1699 On February - 17 birth of hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
1718 On February - 17 birth of matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
1723 On this day in history birth of tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1740 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist was born on February - 17.
1747 On this day in history birth of narciso Casanovas, composer
1752 On this day in history birth of friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born on February - 17.
1754 Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) was born on February - 17.
1758 On February - 17 birth of john Pinkerton, Scottish historian
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 this day in history.
1796 On February - 17 birth of giovanni Pacini, composer
1796 On this day in history 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 February - 17.
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 February - 17.
1821 Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861) was born on February - 17.
1824 On February - 17 birth of william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1831 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer was born on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history birth of gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
1837 On this day in history birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902