Famous Birthdays In May - 17
Saturday, 27 April 2024
1155 Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1451 Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.
1490 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.
1551 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.
1551 On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)
1568 On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer
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 May - 17 birth of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
1691 On May - 17 birth of antoine Court, French reformed theologist
1706 Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) was born on May - 17.
1718 On May - 17 birth of robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)
1732 On May - 17 birth of francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer
1741 On this day in history birth of john Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]
1743 On May - 17 birth of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)
1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on this day in history.
1758 On this day in history birth of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)
1768 Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on this day in history.
1768 On this day in history 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 May - 17 birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)
1800 Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on May - 17.
1803 Robert Smith Surtees, novelist was born on May - 17.
1804 On this day in history birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)
1808 On this day in history birth of charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer
1812 Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on May - 17.
1819 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer was born on May - 17.
1821 Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.
1823 On May - 17 birth of charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer
1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on May - 17.
1836 On this day in history birth of virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)
1844 Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.