Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1444  On February - 17 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  On February - 17 birth of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)   

1583  On February - 17 birth of j Henry Alting, Dutch theologist   

1646  On February - 17 birth of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)   

1653  On this day in history birth of arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)   

1667  Georg Bronner, composer was born on February - 17.   

1675  Johann Melchior Conradi, composer was born on February - 17.   

1696  On this day in history birth of baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination   

1740  On February - 17 birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

1747  On this day in history birth of narciso Casanovas, composer   

1752  On February - 17 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  René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 17.   

1816  On February - 17 birth of friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer   

1816  On February - 17 birth of haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)   

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 February - 17.   

1821  On February - 17 birth of lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)   

1824  William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903 was born on this day in history.   

1831  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1837  On February - 17 birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902   

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0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  On February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.