Famous Birthdays In August - 17
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1473 Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on August - 17.
1578 Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.
1586 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.
1601 Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on August - 17.
1629 On this day in history birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)
1686 Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on August - 17.
1720 On August - 17 birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)
1753 Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.
1768 On this day in history birth of louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1775 Philippe Libon, composer was born on August - 17.
1779 On August - 17 birth of franz de Paula Roser, composer
1786 On August - 17 birth of davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)
1786 On this day in history birth of princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
1794 Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest (d. 1849) was born on August - 17.
1811 On this day in history birth of johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)
1817 On August - 17 birth of joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)
1819 James Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on August - 17.
1828 George William Warren, composer was born on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history birth of jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)
1834 On this day in history birth of peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata)
1839 On August - 17 birth of hubert Platt Main, composer
1839 On this day in history birth of thijs [Matthijs] Maris, Dutch painter/etcher
1840 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) was born on August - 17.
1841 On this day in history birth of luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet
1844 On this day in history birth of menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)
1851 On August - 17 birth of henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist
1856 On August - 17 birth of violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)
1863 On this day in history birth of gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (d. 1924)
1866 On this day in history birth of mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
1866 Julia Marlowe, English actress (d. 1950) was born on this day in history.
1870 Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine was born on this day in history.
1873 John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.
1876 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) was born on August - 17.
1876 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940 was born on August - 17.