Famous Personalities Born In May - 17
Sunday, 09 February 2025
1155 Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.
1443 On May - 17 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 May - 17.
1451 On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg
1490 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.
1551 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.
1551 On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)
1568 Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.
1576 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1682 On this day in history birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
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 this day in history.
1718 Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) was born on May - 17.
1732 Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on this day in history.
1741 John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] was born on May - 17.
1743 Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.
1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on May - 17.
1758 John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on May - 17.
1768 Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on this day in history.
1768 On May - 17 birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
1794 On May - 17 birth of anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer
1796 On May - 17 birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)
1800 Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist
1804 On this day in history birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)
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 On May - 17 birth of johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer
1821 Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer
1836 On May - 17 birth of joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)
1836 On this day in history birth of virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)
1844 On May - 17 birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)