Famous Personalities Born In May - 17

1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.   

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  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 17.   

1706  Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born on May - 17.   

1718  Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer   

1741  On May - 17 birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]   

1743  On this day in history birth of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)   

1749  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)   

1800  On this day in history 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 May - 17.   

1812  On this day in history birth of joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1819  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer   

1821  Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on May - 17.   

1823  On this day in history birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer   

1836  Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

1395  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

1510  On this day in history alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.