Famous Birthdays In December - 17
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1239 On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)
1267 Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.
1493 Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.
1554 On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne
1619 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.
1619 Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.
1632 On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)
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 December - 17 birth of chôtelet, la belle Emilie, French writer
1706 Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire) was born on this day in history.
1734 On December - 17 birth of william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1734 Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816) was born on this day in history.
1749 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto) was born on this day in history.
1770 On December - 17 birth of johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
1778 On this day in history birth of hunphry Davy, English chemist (discovered some elements)
1796 On December - 17 birth of thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865)
1797 On December - 17 birth of joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism
1800 Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator (Great Hung dictionary) was born on December - 17.
1801 Johan NMJ, king of Saxon (1854-73) (translated Divina Commedia) was born on December - 17.
1807 John Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound) was born on December - 17.
1819 Samuel Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on December - 17.
1820 On December - 17 birth of frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1821 On December - 17 birth of frederick West Lander, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1824 John Kerr, System physicist (electro-visually Kerr-effect) was born on December - 17.
1824 Manning Ferguson Force, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of thomas Starr King, NY, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity)
1830 On December - 17 birth of jules de Goncourt, France, novelist (Germinie)
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 this day in history.
1838 Berthold Tours, composer was born on December - 17.
1840 On December - 17 birth of christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer
1842 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups) was born on December - 17.
1847 On this day in history birth of Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)