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Famous Birthdays In February - 17

Thursday, 23 May 2013

1444 On this day in history birth of rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist

1490 Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy) was born on this day in history.

1519 Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) was born on this day in history.

1581 Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.

1583 J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.

1646 On this day in history birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)

1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi) was born on this day in history.

1667 On this day in history birth of georg Bronner, composer

1675 On this day in history birth of johann Melchior Conradi, composer

1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer was born on this day in history.

1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer was born on this day in history.

1699 On this day in history birth of hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)

1718 On this day in history birth of matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)

1723 Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination was born on this day in history.

1740 On this day in history birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist

1747 Narciso Casanovas, composer was born on this day in history.

1752 On this day in history birth of friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)

1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer was born on this day in history.

1754 Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.

1758 On this day in history birth of john Pinkerton, Scottish historian

1774 Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born on this day in history.

1781 On this day in history birth of rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)

1796 Giovanni Pacini, composer was born on this day in history.

1796 Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.

1804 Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.

1816 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer was born on this day in history.

1816 Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.

1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) was born on this day in history.

1820 Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.

1821 On this day in history birth of lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)

1824 On this day in history birth of william Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903

1831 On this day in history birth of francisco Salvador Daniel, composer

1836 Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.

1837 On this day in history birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902

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Famous Deaths In February - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1339 Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.

1371 On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

1596 Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.

1600 On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake

1609 On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)

1612 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57 on this day in history.

1624 Death of Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536) on this day in history.

1652 On this day in history gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67