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Famous Birthdays In August - 17

Thursday, 08 June 2023

1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1686  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1768  Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1775  Philippe Libon, composer was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1779  Franz de Paula Roser, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  On August - 17 birth of davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  On this day in history birth of princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1794  Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest (d. 1849) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1811  Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1817  On August - 17 birth of joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  James Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On this day in history birth of george William Warren, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On August - 17 birth of jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1834  Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1839  On August - 17 birth of hubert Platt Main, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1839  On August - 17 birth of thijs [Matthijs] Maris, Dutch painter/etcher  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1840  On August - 17 birth of wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1841  On this day in history birth of luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1844  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1851  Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1856  Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1863  On this day in history birth of gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (d. 1924)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  Julia Marlowe, English actress (d. 1950) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  On August - 17 birth of frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  On August - 17 birth of john A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940 was born on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Deaths In August - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1304  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1464  On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1553  On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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