Famous Birthdays In May - 17
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1155 On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)
1443 On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England
1444 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.
1451 Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.
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 Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.
1568 On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer
1576 Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.
1628 On this day in history birth of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)
1682 Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) was born on May - 17.
1691 Antoine Court, French reformed theologist was born on this day in history.
1706 On May - 17 birth of andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
1718 Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.
1732 Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer was born on May - 17.
1741 John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6] was born on this day in history.
1743 Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) was born on May - 17.
1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination was born on May - 17.
1758 John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) was born on May - 17.
1768 Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV was born on this day in history.
1768 On May - 17 birth of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
1794 Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer was born on May - 17.
1796 On this day in history birth of martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao (christen slaves)
1800 Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer was born on May - 17.
1803 On this day in history birth of robert Smith Surtees, novelist
1804 On May - 17 birth of ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)
1808 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer was born on May - 17.
1812 Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on May - 17.
1819 On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer
1821 Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.
1823 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer was born on May - 17.
1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) was born on this day in history.
1836 Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.
1844 Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on May - 17.